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Contextual information in (non) native speech perception in noise

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Abstract

Non-native listeners’ perception of speech has been shown to be more adversely affected by interference from background noise than native speakers. This study focused on effects of different levels of linguistic information on speech perception in noise. We examined roles of phonetic and contextual cues in sentence perception in babble noise by Chinese learners and native speakers of English. Our sentences varied in degrees of syntactic and semantic acceptability. Results revealed similar patterns of perception in the performance of listener groups. Secondly, listeners benefited more from certain sentence types under different listening conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics, ExLing 2010
Pages101-104
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics, ExLing 2010 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 25 Aug 2010 → 27 Aug 2010

Conference

Conference3rd ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics, ExLing 2010
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period25/08/10 → 27/08/10

Keywords

  • ESL/EFL learners
  • sentence perception
  • speech perception in noise

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language

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