Phonetic Disambiguation of Syntactic Ambiguity
Phonetic Disambiguation of Syntactic Ambiguity
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句法歧义的语音消歧
DOI：
10.1121/1.1982702
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发表时间：
1973
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
I. Lehiste
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作者：
I. Lehiste
人们经常声称，句法上模棱两可的句子（如“探亲可能是一件麻烦事”）的意义可以通过语音手段（如重音和语调）来明确。本研究介绍了一些方法，在这种消歧可以完成。15个模棱两可的句子首先由四位发言者朗读。然后指出了模棱两可的地方，每个发言者都说明了他想表达的意思。然后，每个句子又重复两次，说话者有意识地努力区分两种潜在的含义。30名听众试图理解演讲者所要表达的意思。在15个案例中，有10个案例中，听者的表现优于机会水平，这意味着说话者的意图被成功地传达给了听者。通过声学分析建立了说话人在成功消歧中所采用的超切分模式。虽然重音和语调发挥了作用，但时机似乎...
It has been frequently claimed that the meaning of syntactically ambiguous sentences (such as “Visiting relatives can be a nuisance”) can be made explicit by phonetic means such as stress and intonation. This study describes some ways in which such disambiguation can be accomplished. Fifteen ambiguous sentences were first read by four speakers. The ambiguities were then pointed out, and each speaker stated which meaning he had intended to produce. Each sentence was then produced again twice, the speaker making a conscious effort to differentiate between the two potential meanings. Thirty listeners tried to identify the meaning which the speakers had intended. In 10 out of 15 cases, listeners performed at better than chance level, which implies that the intention of the speakers was successfully communicated to the listeners. The suprasegmental patterns employed by the speakers in successful disambiguation were established by acoustic analysis. While stress and intonation play a part, timing seems to have ...