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SUMMARY:Yuka Tatsumi
DESCRIPTION:\n"Strategies for Resolving Sandhi-Induced Tonal Ambiguity
in Interaction"\n\nYuka Tatsumi\n\nLab Manager\, Penn State\n\nCenter fo
r Language Science\n\nFriday\, October 13 9:00–10:30 a.m. EDT\n\nFoste
r Auditorium\, 102 Paterno Library\n\n \;\n\nIn connected speech\, c
oarticulation can create ambiguities. For instance\, in the case of Mand
arin third-tone (T3) sandhi\, the low-dipping T3 undergoes an alteration
when followed by another T3\, resulting in a tone that sounds like the
rising tone (T2). This process has the potential to create ambiguities i
n Mandarin speech. Our Surnames with Friends project explored whether an
d how interlocutors in an interactive task\n\novercome ambiguities relat
ed to T3 sandhi. Ten pairs of Chinese participants saw displays with two
Chinese phrases consisting of a surname and a title that became homopho
nous in some conditions due to sandhi. One participant read the phrase a
nd the other selected it from their display. Pairs deployed different ac
oustic strategies to overcome sandhi-induced ambiguity\, including exagg
erating F0 rise or duration. Although many speakers can flexibly adapt t
o sandhi-induced ambiguity\, their strategies did not necessarily align
with listener expectations. Future directions on the data analysis of ot
her sections of this project will also be discussed.\n\n \;\n\nFor m
ore details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/yuka-tatsumi/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"Strategies for
Resolving Sandhi-Induced Tonal Ambiguity in Interaction"
Yuka Ta
tsumi
Lab Manager, Penn State
Center for Language Science
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p>Friday, October 13 9:00–10:30 a.m. EDT
Foster Auditorium, 102 P
aterno Library
In connected speech, coarticulation ca
n create ambiguities. For instance, in the case of Mandarin third-tone (
T3) sandhi, the low-dipping T3 undergoes an alteration when followed by
another T3, resulting in a tone that sounds like the rising tone (T2). T
his process has the potential to create ambiguities in Mandarin speech.
Our Surnames with Friends project explored whether and how interlocutors
in an interactive task
overcome ambiguities related to T3 sandhi.
Ten pairs of Chinese participants saw displays with two Chinese phrases
consisting of a surname and a title that became homophonous in some cond
itions due to sandhi. One participant read the phrase and the other sele
cted it from their display. Pairs deployed different acoustic strategies
to overcome sandhi-induced ambiguity, including exaggerating F0 rise or
duration. Although many speakers can flexibly adapt to sandhi-induced a
mbiguity, their strategies did not necessarily align with listener expec
tations. Future directions on the data analysis of other sections of thi
s project will also be discussed.
For more details: <
a href='https://events.la.psu.edu/event/yuka-tatsumi/'>https://events.la
.psu.edu/event/yuka-tatsumi/
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