Doctoral Dissertation Research: Changes in Intonation: Perception and Production

博士论文研究：语调的变化：感知与产生

• 批准号: 1451569
• 负责人: Brian Joseph
• 金额: $ 1.35万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-15 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1451569&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Changes; Intonation

One of the most noticeable differences between the speech of different groups of people is their prosody, the rhythm and melody of their speech. People might say that different groups of people sound "sing song-y" or "talk too fast" or "sound loud." Or, they they might say that they can tell, for example, where they are from, or their race or ethnicity, based on the melody of their voice. However, differences in prosody, as well as how these differences might change over time, have not been studied as much as other linguistic differences. As it is known that people can use prosody to tell the race or ethnicity of a speaker, and use that information in a discriminatory way, understanding the nature of prosodic differences is important to combatting that discrimination. This project examines the prosody, specifically, the intonation (melodic patterns) of speakers in the Midwest. One important aspect that can cause differences in intonation is a speaker's first language. Moreover, if enough people in a community speak another language, either as a first language or heritage language, it can subtly change the sound of English in that community, even among people who don't speak that other language. These changes might fade away over time in speech production, but even if that happens, people in that community might still be able to understand, and imitate, those differences. Using both production and perception data gathered in Dayton, Ohio, Rachel Steindel Burdin, under the direction of Dr. Brian D. Joseph, will investigate these changes in the use and understanding of first and heritage language-influenced intonation. This project will not only give us insight into how intonation can change and into the processes that are in play in interactions between different languages, but it will also give us valuable insight into the nature of language contact and language change more generally.

不同人群的言语之间最明显的差异之一是他们的韵律、言语的节奏和旋律。人们可能会说，不同的人群听起来“唱歌”或“说话太快”或“声音太大”。“或者，他们可能会说，他们可以告诉，例如，他们从哪里来，或他们的种族或民族，根据他们的声音的旋律。然而，韵律的差异，以及这些差异如何随着时间的推移而变化，还没有像其他语言差异那样被研究。众所周知，人们可以使用韵律来告诉说话者的种族或民族，并以歧视的方式使用该信息，了解韵律差异的性质对于打击这种歧视非常重要。这个项目研究的韵律，特别是语调（旋律模式）的发言者在中西部。造成语调差异的一个重要因素是说话者的母语。此外，如果一个社区中有足够多的人说另一种语言，无论是作为第一语言还是传统语言，它都可以微妙地改变该社区中英语的声音，即使是在那些不会说其他语言的人中。随着时间的推移，这些变化可能会在言语产生中逐渐消失，但即使发生这种情况，该社区的人们仍然能够理解和模仿这些差异。雷切尔·斯坦德尔·布尔丁（Rachel Steindel Burdin）在布莱恩·D·卡耐基（Brian D.约瑟夫，将调查这些变化的使用和理解的第一和遗产语言影响的语调。这个项目不仅会让我们深入了解语调如何变化，以及不同语言之间互动的过程，而且还会让我们更广泛地了解语言接触和语言变化的本质。