TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Tomaschek, Fabian
A1  - Arnold, Denis
A1  - Sering, Konstantin
A1  - Tucker, Benjamin V.
A1  - van Rij, Jacoline
A1  - Ramscar, Michael
T1  - Articulatory variability is reduced by repetition and predictability
JF  - Language and speech
N2  - Repeating the movements associated with activities such as drawing or sports typically leads to improvements in kinematic behavior: these movements become faster, smoother, and exhibit less variation. Likewise, practice has also been shown to lead to faster and smoother movement trajectories in speech articulation. However, little is known about its effect on articulatory variability. To address this, we investigate the extent to which repetition and predictability influence the articulation of the frequent German word “sie” [zi] (they). We find that articulatory variability is proportional to speaking rate and the duration of [zi], and that overall variability decreases as [zi] is repeated during the experiment. Lower variability is also observed as the conditional probability of [zi] increases, and the greatest reduction in variability occurs during the execution of the vocalic target of [i]. These results indicate that practice can produce observable differences in the articulation of even the most common gestures used in speech.
KW  - Sie <Wort>
KW  - Artikulation
KW  - Variation
KW  - Psycholinguistik
KW  - Übung
KW  - Experiment
KW  - articulation
KW  - practice
KW  - predictability
KW  - variability
KW  - precision
KW  - Deutsch
Y1  - 2021
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-115446
SN  - 1756-6053
SS  - 1756-6053
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830920948552
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830920948552
VL  - 64
IS  - 3
SP  - 654
EP  - 680
PB  - Sage Publications
CY  - Thousand Oaks, CA
ER  -