Department of Linguistics, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 1A7, Canada.
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 1A7,
JASA Express Lett. 2024 Aug 1;4(8). doi: 10.1121/10.0028310.
High vowels have higher f0 than low vowels, creating a context effect on the interpretation of f0. Since onset F0 is a cue to stop voicing, the vowel context is expected to influence voicing judgements. Listeners categorized syllables starting with high ("bee"-"pea") and low ("bye"-"pie") vowels varying orthogonally in VOT and onset F0. Listeners made use of both cues as expected. Furthermore, vowel height affected listeners' categorization. Syllables with the low vowel /a/ elicited more voiceless responses compared to syllables with the high vowel /i/. This suggests that listeners compensate for vowel intrinsic effects when making other phonemic judgements.
高元音的基频（f0）高于低元音，这对 f0 的解读产生了语境效应。由于起音 f0 是停止送气的线索，因此可以预期元音语境会影响对送气的判断。实验者对以高元音（"bee"-"pea"）和低元音（"bye"-"pie"）开头的音节进行分类，这些音节在时长（VOT）和起音 f0 上呈正交变化。实验者如预期的那样，同时使用了这两个线索。此外，元音高度也影响了实验者的分类。与高元音/i/相比，低元音/a/引发了更多的清音反应。这表明，在进行其他音位判断时，实验者会补偿元音的内在影响。
