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Temporal and spectral dependencies in the processing of Spanish and English stop consonant voicing

  • Fernando Llanos , Olga Dmitrieva , Alexander L. Francis and Amanda Shultz
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Hispanic Linguistics at the Crossroads
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Abstract

Previous findings show that listeners do not rely on onset f0 when processing stop consonant voicing with lead VOT (Llanos et al., 2013). According to a temporal-based account, onset f0 has no effect because the voicing decision is biased by the presence of prevoicing that precedes the occurrence of onset f0 in the signal. According to a spectral-based account, onset f0 has no effect because its contribution to low frequency energy is insignificant compared to that of VOT in voicing lead. Specific predictions of the two hypotheses for the whole VOT continuum were evaluated in English and Spanish voicing decisions. Results support the spectral-based account, demonstrating that the peak effect of onset f0 occurred in both languages at the VOT values where onset f0’s contribution to the low frequency energy would be most appreciable.

Abstract

Previous findings show that listeners do not rely on onset f0 when processing stop consonant voicing with lead VOT (Llanos et al., 2013). According to a temporal-based account, onset f0 has no effect because the voicing decision is biased by the presence of prevoicing that precedes the occurrence of onset f0 in the signal. According to a spectral-based account, onset f0 has no effect because its contribution to low frequency energy is insignificant compared to that of VOT in voicing lead. Specific predictions of the two hypotheses for the whole VOT continuum were evaluated in English and Spanish voicing decisions. Results support the spectral-based account, demonstrating that the peak effect of onset f0 occurred in both languages at the VOT values where onset f0’s contribution to the low frequency energy would be most appreciable.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Part I. Theoretical and descriptive approaches
  6. No superiority, no intervention effects 3
  7. Overt PRO in Romance 25
  8. The semantics and pragmatics of andar and venir + gerund 49
  9. Sequence of tenses in complementation structures 69
  10. Fue muerto 89
  11. Temporal and spectral dependencies in the processing of Spanish and English stop consonant voicing 113
  12. Segmental and prosodic conditionings on gradient voicing assimilation in Spanish 127
  13. Part II. Language acquisition
  14. The sum is more than its parts 147
  15. Does agreement affect the syntax of bare nominal subjects in Russian–Spanish bilinguals? 169
  16. Perfecting the past 191
  17. The protracted acquisition of past tense aspectual values in child heritage Spanish 211
  18. Part III. Language contact and language variation
  19. Morphological adjectival intensifier variation in Lima, Peru 233
  20. An experimental approach to hypercorrection in Dominican Spanish 251
  21. Dialect identification and listener attributes 269
  22. Sociophonetic analysis of young Peninsular Spanish women’s voice quality 293
  23. A sociophonetic analysis of trill production in Panamanian Spanish 313
  24. Index 337
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.4.06lla

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Part I. Theoretical and descriptive approaches
  6. No superiority, no intervention effects 3
  7. Overt PRO in Romance 25
  8. The semantics and pragmatics of andar and venir + gerund 49
  9. Sequence of tenses in complementation structures 69
  10. Fue muerto 89
  11. Temporal and spectral dependencies in the processing of Spanish and English stop consonant voicing 113
  12. Segmental and prosodic conditionings on gradient voicing assimilation in Spanish 127
  13. Part II. Language acquisition
  14. The sum is more than its parts 147
  15. Does agreement affect the syntax of bare nominal subjects in Russian–Spanish bilinguals? 169
  16. Perfecting the past 191
  17. The protracted acquisition of past tense aspectual values in child heritage Spanish 211
  18. Part III. Language contact and language variation
  19. Morphological adjectival intensifier variation in Lima, Peru 233
  20. An experimental approach to hypercorrection in Dominican Spanish 251
  21. Dialect identification and listener attributes 269
  22. Sociophonetic analysis of young Peninsular Spanish women’s voice quality 293
  23. A sociophonetic analysis of trill production in Panamanian Spanish 313
  24. Index 337
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