Desmeules-Trudel Félix, Joanisse Marc F
Department of Psychology, Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario,
J Acoust Soc Am. 2020 May;147(5):EL391. doi: 10.1121/10.0001180.
Discrimination of Canadian French /y/, /u/, /ɑ/, and /e/ by native Canadian-English listeners was investigated to determine if patterns found in standard varieties of French (as explained by the Perceptual Assimilation Model) could be replicated in Canadian French. Front-rounded /y/ paired with /u/ was the focus of investigation, as well as other (control) pairs. It was found that /y/-/u/ was the most difficult to discriminate as compared to other pairs, but that listeners were sensitive to the contrast, which replicates previous findings in European French. Results are explained as a mix of instances of single-category and category-goodness assimilation patterns.
本研究调查了以加拿大英语为母语的听众对加拿大法语中/y/、/u/、/ɑ/和/e/的辨别能力，以确定在标准法语变体中发现的模式（如感知同化模型所解释的）是否能在加拿大法语中重现。圆唇前元音/y/与/u/的配对是研究重点，还有其他（对照）配对。研究发现，与其他配对相比，/y/-/u/最难辨别，但听众对这种对比很敏感，这重现了此前欧洲法语的研究结果。研究结果被解释为单类别同化模式和类别优度同化模式的混合情况。
