Haskins Publications

Number	320
Year	1980
Drawer	6
Entry Date	06/15/1999
Authors	Mann, V. A.
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Publication	Perception & Psychophysics, 28, 407-412.
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0320.pdf
Abstract	The cons-vowel (CV) portions of the natural tokens [al-da], [al-ga], [ar-da], & [ar-ga] were excised & replaced with closely matched synthetic stimuli from a [da]-[ga] continuum. The hybrid disyllables were presented to listeners (N = 10) who labeled the liquids as "l" or "r" & stops as "d" or "g." The natural CV portions had two different effects on the perception of synthetic CVs: (1) an effect of the liquid ("g" was more often perceived in the context of [al] than in that of [ar]), & (2) an effect due to tokens of [al] & [ar] having been produced before [da] or [ga] (more "g" percepts occurred when stops followed liquids that had been produced before [g]). The hypothesis that both perceptual effects have parallels in speech production is supported by spectrograms of the original utterances. Findings in speech perception reflect compensation for coarticulation during speech production.
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