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Speech Flashcards

1
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processing one thing at a time (more items = more time)

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serial processing

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2
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process everything at the same time (all aspects - more items = same amount of time)

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parallel processing

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3
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Does serial processing or parallel processing end up with more errors?

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Parallel processing

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4
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processes operate independently

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modular

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5
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processes interact and affect each other

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interactive

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6
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Vowels are ______ airflow

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unobstructed

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7
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Consonants are _________ airflow

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obstructed

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8
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Three properties of consonants:

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Place (bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, palatal, velar, glottal)
Manner (stops, fricatives, affricatives, nasals, liquids, glides)
Voicing (voiced/voiceless)

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9
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Spectrograms are:

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“Visual speech”

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10
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Three components of spectrograms:

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Frequency of the acoustic signal - speech sounds consist of several frequencies (y-axis)
Time - all speech signals have a temporal aspect (x-axis)
Intensity - darkness/color (3D aspect)

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11
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phonemes are encoded at the same time with no breaks between phonemes

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Parallel transmission

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12
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it’s acoustically hard to tell where words begin and end; but we have no problem perceiving words

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Segmentation problem

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13
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The Lack of Invariance problem

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there is no one-to-one correspondence between the acoustic cues and the phonemes perceived (the challenge of understanding speech!)

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14
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One phoneme can have many ______ acoustic cues

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different

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15
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The psychological definition of a phoneme

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a category of sounds that we perceive to be the same sound

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16
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Source of variability in speech perception (3)

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Coarticulation, speaker variability, sloppy speech

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17
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overlapping of articulation of phonemes

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Coarticulation (related to parallel transmission)

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18
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How we say a sound is affected by what comes ____________

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before and after it

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19
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What are examples of variability between speakers?

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gender
pitch
accent
speed
age
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20
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What is having variability within speakers?

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People are sloppy speakers!

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21
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Experiment testing variability within speakers

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Pollack and Pickett - cut up conversations, words in context were easy to understand, just words were hard to identify

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22
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Perception of non-speech is ___________

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continuous

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23
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Perception of consonants is __________

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categorical

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24
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What is categorical perception?

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It reflects how people perceive different sounds to be the same phoneme

25
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What is Voice-Onset Time (VOT)?

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time between consonant release and voice start

26
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What is the phonemic boundary?

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location on graph where perception changes from /ba/ to /pa/ (or with other minimal pairs); not the same for all people

27
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(T/F) Vowels show categorical perception

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FALSE.

28
Q

With more time for processing, an instant ID is ___________

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less important

29
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What is the McGurk effect?

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shows that perception is a compromise between what is heard and what is seen; very robust (consistent)

30
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What is the original McGurk effect?

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You see a speaker articulating /ga/, hear /ba/ through headphones, but perceive that the speaker is saying /da/

31
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The McGurk Effect is (bottom-up processing/top-down processing)
(pick one)

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Bottom up processing

32
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What is the motor theory of speech perception?

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We use our knowledge of production to understand speech (not consciously)
Addresses the lack of invariance problem: perception is based on articulatory information and not just the signal

33
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Speech perception based on acoustic information is:

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Bottom-up processing

34
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Speech perception based on context, semantics, and syntactic information (language knowledge) is:

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Top-down processing

35
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What are the three stages of the Cohort Model?

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  1. Select a set of candidates (a cohort) - based on phonemic information - bottom-up processing
  2. Narrow the set based on more information and other variables (e.g., frequency) - can be weighted by parts of speech (recognition point: the point at which a word is unique - can be auditory or visual)
  3. The item is fit into the context
36
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What is the TRACE model?

A

Words are represented across different levels
Words - all the words you know
Phonemes - every phoneme in your language
Features - ex. Acoustic features
These three levels interact with each other

37
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What are the three levels of the TRACE model?

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Words, phonemes, features (these three levels interact with each other)

38
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What are examples of top-down effects?

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Context effects
Illusions
Phonemic restoration
Verbal transofmration
Sine wave speech
Backward speech
39
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Perception of consonants are __________

A

categorical

40
Q

Perception of vowels are ___________

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noncategorical

41
Q

Perception of tones are _________

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continuous

42
Q

the “music” of language

A

Prosody

43
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What do prosodic factors do?

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affect the overall utterance meaning

44
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What are the five prosodic factors?

A 
(STRIP)
stress
tone
rate
intonation
pausing
45
Q

use of pitch over phrases

A

Intonation

46
Q

emphasis given to syllables/words

A

Stress

47
Q

use of pitch over words

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tone

48
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speed of speech

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rate/length

49
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breaks (e.g., commas) in speech

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pausing

50
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(T/F) In English, rate of speech changes the meaning.

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True

51
Q

“It’s time to go,” vs. “It’stimetogo” is an example of the prosodic factor:

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Rate/length

52
Q

The three qualities of stress

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louder
longer
higher pitch

53
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(T/F) Which word you stress in a sentence does not change meaning.

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False. The word you stress changes meaning.

54
Q

“Got the keys?” vs. “Got the keys.” is an example of the prosodic factor:

A

Intonation

55
Q

Intonation for questions is usually _________.

A

Rising

56
Q

Why are there increased misunderstandings with emails and texts?

A

Because there is no intonation

When we write it we hear the intonation, but the readers ‘top-down’ prosody to be consistent with their expectations

57
Q

This prosodic factor is found in tonal languages such as Chinese

A

Tone

58
Q

“Coffee cake and honey” vs. “Coffee, cake, and honey” is am example of the prosodic factor _________.

A

Pausing

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