2015年
Dependence on age of interference with phoneme perception by first- and second-language speech maskers
Acoustical Science and Technology
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- 巻
- 36
- 号
- 5
- 開始ページ
- 397
- 終了ページ
- 407
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- DOI
- 10.1250/ast.36.397
- 出版者・発行元
- 一般社団法人 日本音響学会
This study investigated the differences in first-language-based (L1-based) phonetic processing for second language (L2) phonemes among different age groups of adults. A speech-in-speech masking paradigm was utilized to examine the contribution of the L1-based processing. A phoneme identification task in one language was conducted in the presence or absence of an interferer of a masker of the same or a different language. The degree of interference (i.e., the decrease in identification performance) was postulated to increase as the similarity of underlying processes for the target and masker increases. Experiment 1 was conducted to test the effectiveness of the paradigm. As expected, the interference increased as the similarity of underlying processes for the target and masker increased. Experiment 2 examined the perception of English /r/–/l/ and other phonetic contrasts by Japanese listeners in various adult age groups, to examine whether the degree of interference differs depending on the putative degrees of L1-based processing and on age. The results demonstrated such differences and showed that the L1-based processing can be estimated from the decrease in the identification performance. They also suggested that the perception of /r/–/l/ in the initial singleton and initial cluster positions was high L1-based in older adults.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1250/ast.36.397
- ISSN : 1346-3969
- CiNii Articles ID : 130005097245
- CiNii Books ID : AA11501808