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Articulatory Variability is Reduced by Repetition and Predictability

  • 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.

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Author:Fabian TomaschekORCiD, Denis ArnoldORCiDGND, Konstantin SeringORCiD, Benjamin V. TuckerORCiD, Jacoline van Rij, Michael Ramscar
URN:urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-100385
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830920948552
ISSN:1756-6053
Parent Title (English):Language and Speech
Publisher:Sage Publications
Place of publication:Thousand Oaks, CA
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2020
Date of Publication (online):2020/08/26
Publicationstate:Ahead of Print
Reviewstate:Peer-Review
Tag:articulation; practice; precision; predictability; variability
GND Keyword:Artikulation; Experiment; Psycholinguistik; Sie; Variation; Übung
Page Number:27
DDC classes:400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik
Open Access?:ja
Leibniz-Classification:Sprache, Linguistik
Linguistics-Classification:Psycholinguistik / Kognitive Linguistik
Program areas:S2: Forschungskoordination und –infrastrukturen
Licence (German):License LogoUrheberrechtlich geschützt