Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Language and Speech
Abstract
Individual talkers vary in their relative use of different cues to signal phonological contrast. Previous work provides limited and conflicting data on whether such variation is modulated by cue trading or individual differences in speech style. This paper examines differential cue weighting patterns in Mandarin sibilants as a test case for these hypotheses. Standardized Mandarin exhibits a three-way place contrast between retroflex, alveopalatal, and alveolar sibilants with individual differences in relative weighting of spectral center of gravity (COG) and the second formant of the following vowel (F2). In results from a speech production task, cue weights of COG and F2 are inversely correlated across speakers, demonstrating a trade-off relationship in cue use. These findings are consistent with a cue trading account of individual differences in contrast signaling.
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Hauser, Ivy, "Differential Cue Weighting in Mandarin Sibilant Production" (2023). SAGE Open Access Agreement Publications. 31.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/utalibraries_sageoapubs/31