Normalization for speechrate in native and nonnative speech

摘要: Speech perception involves a number of processes that deal with variation in the speech signal. One such process is normalization for speechrate: local temporal cues are perceived relative to rate surrounding context. It as yet unclear whether and how this perceptual effect interacts higher level impressions rate, speaker’s nonnative identity. Nonnative speakers typically speak more slowly than natives, an experience listeners take into account when explicitly judging speech. The present study investigated also reflected implicit normalization. Results indicate implicitly faster temporally-matched native speech, suggesting additional cognitive load listening accent speeds up perception. Therefore, not dependent on syllable durations alone but ease processing