Auditory-Visual Infant Directed Speech in Japanese and English

Takaaki Shochi, Kaoru Sekiyama, Nicole Lees, Mark Boyce, Roland Goecke, Denis Burnham

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Abstract

The aim of this project is to compare (i) the acoustic vs. visual characteristics of infant-directed speech (IDS), (ii) IDS vs adult-directed speech (ADS), and (iii) the acoustic/visual characteristics of IDS and ADS cross-linguistically, in Australian English (AusE) vs Japanese. Acoustic data are presented along with preliminary visual data. Native AusE and Japanese speaking mothers spoke to their 4- to 9-month-old infants and another adult using target words containing one of four vowels [a,i,u,o]. Results show higher F0 mean and greater F0 variation for IDS than ADS in both language groups, and longer vowel duration in IDS than ADS but this was only significantly so for the AusE mothers. Finally, there was a tendency for vowel hyper-articulation in AusE mothers IDS, but for vowel hypo-articulation in Japanese mothers IDS, and overall vowel hyperarticulation was greater in AusE than Japanese IDS. Preliminary visual data suggest that there appears to be, contrary to what would be expected, a substantial decrement in visual vowel lip area in Japanese IDS compared to ADS, a finding that is in concert with tendency for vowel hypo-articulation in Japanese than English IDS.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAuditory-Visual Speech Processing (AVSP) 2009
EditorsBarry-John Theobold, Richard Harvey
Place of PublicationNorwich, UK
PublisherUniversity of East Anglia
Pages107-112
Number of pages6
Volume1
ISBN (Print)9780956345202
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event2009 Conference on Audio Visual Speech Processing, AVSP 2009 - Norwich, United States
Duration: 10 Sept 200913 Sept 2009

Conference

Conference2009 Conference on Audio Visual Speech Processing, AVSP 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNorwich
Period10/09/0913/09/09

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