Vol 26 No 1 (2007): .
Speech
Keywords
- Voice onset time,
- continuum,
- binary forced-choice method,
- 50% cross over,
- boundary width
How to Cite
Savithri S.R, Pushpavathi M., & Sujatha V.Shastry. (1). Development of Voicing Contrast: A Comparison of Voice Onset Time in Stop Perception. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 26(1), 31-34. Retrieved from http://203.129.241.91/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/215
Abstract
The study investigated development of voicing contrast in 4-7 year old Kannada speaking children. Six children each in the age range of 4-5, 5-6, and 6-7 years participated in the study. Voice onset time (VOT) continuum of /g-k/, /d -t/, and /b – p/ were synthesized. Subjects listened to the tokens and identified the stops on a binary forced-choice format. The results indicated that VOT was a strong cue in perception of voicing in Kannada.
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Zlatin, M. A. & Koenegskenecht, R. (1975). Development of the voicing contrast: Perception of stop consonants.Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 18, 541-553.
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Burnham, D.K. Earnshaw, C.J. & Clark, J.E. (1991). Development of categorical identification of native and nonnative bilabial stops in infants, children and adults. Journal of Child Language, 18, 231-260.
Cooper, F.S., Delattre, P.C., Liberman, A.M., Borst, J.M. & Gerstman, L.J. (1952). Some experiments on the perception of synthetic speech sounds. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 24, 597-606.
Delattre, P. C., Liberman, A. M., & Cooper, F. S. (1955). Acoustic loci and transition cues for consonants. Journalof the Acoustical Society of America, 27,769-773.
Elliot, L.L., Hammer, M.A. & Scholl, M.E. (1989). Fine grained auditory discrimination in normal children and children with language learning problems. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 32, 112-119.
Flege, J.E & Eefting, W. (1986). Linguistic and developmental effects on the production and perception of stop consonants, Phonetica, 43, 155-171.
Hirsh, I. J. (1959). Auditory perception of temporal order. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 31 (6), 759-767.
Liberman, A.M., Delattre, P.C. & Cooper, F.S. (1958). Cited by M.A. Zlatin in Voicng contrast: Perceptual and productive voice onset time characteristics of adults. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 56, 981-994.
Lisker, L (1975). Is it VOT or a first formant transition detector? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 57 (6), 1547-1551.
Lisker, L. & Abramson, A.S. (1964). A cross language study of voicing in intial stops: Acoustic measurements. Word, 20, 384-422.
Lisker, L. & Abramson, A. (1967). Cited by M. A. Zlatin in Voicng contrast: Perceptual and productive voice onset time characteristics of adults. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 56, 981-994.
Pisoni, D.B. (1977). Identification and discrimination of the relative onset of two component tones: Implication for the perception of voicing in stops. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 61, 1352- 1361.
Sathya. K. (1996). Personal communication.
Simon, C. (1974). Some aspects of development of speech production and perception in children. Speech communication seminar, 7-15, Stockholm. London: John Wiley and Sons.
Stevens, K.N. & Klatt, D. (1974). Role of formant transitions in the voiced-voiceless distinction for stops. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 55, 643-659.
Summerfied, A.Q. & Haggard, M.P. (1974). Perceptual processing of multiple cues and contexts: Effects of following vowel upon stop consonant voicing. Journal of Phonetics, 2, 279-295.
Thibodau, L.M. & Sussman, H.M. (1979). Performance on a test of categorical perception of speech in normal and communication disordered children. Journal of Phonetics, 7, 375-391.
Williams, L. (1977a). The perception of stop consonant voicing by Spanish-English bilinguals. Perception and Psychophysics, 21, 289-297.
Williams, L. (1977b). The voicing contrast in Spanish. Journal of Phonetics, 5, 169-184.
Williams, L. (1980). Phonetic variation as a function of second language learning. In G. H. Yeni-Komshian, J.F. Kavanagh & C.A. Ferguson (Eds.). Child Phonology, Vol. 2: Perception. New York: Academic Press.
Winitz et. al. (1975). Cited by Williams, L. (1980). Phonetic variation as a function of second language learning. InG. H. Yeni-Komshian, J. F. Kavanagh & C. A. Ferguson (Eds.). Child Phonology, Vol. 2: Perception. New York: Academic Press.
Yeni Komshian, G., Preston, M. & Cullen, J. (1967). A brief report on a study of imitation of synthetic speech stimuli by children. Haskins Laboratories: Status Report on Speech Research, SR-11, 48-49.
Zlatin, M. A. & Koenegskenecht, R. (1975). Development of the voicing contrast: Perception of stop consonants.Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 18, 541-553.
Zlatin, M.A. & Koenegskenecht, R. (1976). Development of the voicing contrast: A comparison of voice onset time in stop consonants. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 19, 93-111.