Internal and contextual cues to tone perception in Medʉmba.

Internal and contextual cues to tone perception in Medʉmba.

J Acoust Soc Am. 2016 Jul;140(1):EL107

Authors: Franich KH

Abstract
This study presents results of an identification experiment with speakers of Medʉmba, a Grassfields Bantu language, aimed at evaluating the relative effects of f0 and duration in cuing tonal contrasts, as well as the role of lexical vs non-speech pitch contexts in biasing tone perception. Results show that duration is a cue for tone perception, with the influence of duration strongest where target f0 values were lower. Lexical tone perception is also sensitive to the identity of a preceding lexical tone, but not to the presence of a preceding non-speech pure tone.

PMID: 27475198 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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