Measuring language-specific phonetic settings
Measuring language-specific phonetic settings
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DOI：
10.1177/0267658309337617
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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2.4
通讯作者：
Schaeffler, Felix
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作者：
Mennen, Ineke;Scobbie, James M.;Schaeffler, Felix
虽然众所周知，语言具有不同的音素和音系，但人们越来越关注语言的“语音设置”也可能不同的想法。术语“语音设置”是指使发声器官采用特定于语言的习惯配置的趋势。例如，语言可能在嘴唇圆润程度、嘴唇和舌头的张力、下巴位置、发声类型、音高范围和音域方面有所不同。这种语音规范对于第二语言（L2）学习者来说可能特别难以掌握，但很容易被第一语言（L1）听众认为不合适。能够捕捉第二语言学习者两种语言的发音能力是否以及如何与每种语言各自的语音设置相关的技术应该对第二语言研究有用。本文概述了可用于研究发音水平语音设置的一系列技术，例如肉点跟踪、超声舌成像和电子腭位描记术 (EPG)，以及一系列声学测量，例如音高范围、长期平均频谱和共振峰的测量。
While it is well known that languages have different phonemes and phonologies, there is growing interest in the idea that languages may also differ in their 'phonetic setting'. The term 'phonetic setting' refers to a tendency to make the vocal apparatus employ a language-specific habitual configuration. For example, languages may differ in their degree of lip-rounding, tension of the lips and tongue, jaw position, phonation types, pitch range and register. Such phonetic specifications may be particularly difficult for second language (L2) learners to acquire, yet be easily perceivable by first language (L1) listeners as inappropriate. Techniques that are able to capture whether and how an L2 learner's pronunciation proficiency in their two languages relates to the respective phonetic settings in each language should prove useful for second language research. This article gives an overview of a selection of techniques that can be used to investigate phonetic settings at the articulatory level, such as flesh-point tracking, ultrasound tongue imaging and electropalatography (EPG), as well as a selection of acoustic measures such as measures of pitch range, long-term average spectra and formants.