The role of release bursts in the perception of [s]-stop clusters.
| Number | 449 |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Drawer | 8 |
| Entry Date | 11/19/1999 |
| Authors | Repp, B. H. |
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| Publication | Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 75, 1219-1230. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0449.pdf |
| Abstract | The role of the release burst as a cue to the perception of stop consonants following [s] was investigated in a series of studies. Experiment 1 demonstrated that silent closure duration and burst duration can be traded as cues for the “say”-”stay” distinction. Experiment 2 revealed a smilier trading relation between closure duration and burst amplitude. Experiments 3 and 4 suggested, perhaps suprisingly, that absolute, not relative, burst amplitude is important. Experiment 5 demonstrated that listeners’ sensitivity to bursts in a labeling task is a least equal to their sensitivity in a burst detection task. Experiments 6 and 7 replicated the trading relation between closure duration and burst amplitude for labial stops in the “slit”-”split” and “slash”-”splash” distinctions, although burst amplification, in contrast to attenuation, had no effect. All experiments revealed that listeners are remarkably sensitive to the presence of even very weak release bursts. |
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