Linville S E
Program in Speech Pathology and Audiology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisc. 53201-1881, USA.
Folia Phoniatr Logop. 1998;50(1):35-48. doi: 10.1159/000021447.
The purpose of this study was to explore possible differences in the speech patterns of gay and straight men, both as a function of perceived and actual sexual orientation. Tape recordings of monologue readings from 5 openly gay men and 4 straight men were played to 25 listeners for judgments of perceived sexual orientation. Monologues were analyzed in terms of /s/ duration, /s/ peak frequency, modal speaking fundamental frequency, speech rate, and long-term average speech spectra. Listeners correctly identified the sexual orientation of these speakers at a rate of 79.6%. Multiple regression analysis revealed that gay judgments were significantly associated with higher peak /s/ frequency values and longer /s/ duration values. Acoustic cues associated with perceived sexual orientation generally agreed with acoustic findings as a function of actual sexual orientation. While these results must be interpreted cautiously, findings suggest that members of the community of openly gay men demonstrate certain speech characteristics that are discernible to listeners.
本研究的目的是探讨男同性恋者和异性恋者在言语模式上可能存在的差异，这既是感知性取向的函数，也是实际性取向的函数。向25名听众播放了5名公开的男同性恋者和4名异性恋者的独白朗读录音，以便对感知性取向进行判断。对独白进行了/s/时长、/s/峰值频率、模态说话基频、语速和长期平均语音频谱方面的分析。听众正确识别这些说话者性取向的准确率为79.6%。多元回归分析显示，对同性恋的判断与较高的/s/峰值频率值和较长的/s/时长值显著相关。与感知性取向相关的声学线索通常与作为实际性取向函数的声学发现一致。虽然这些结果必须谨慎解释，但研究结果表明，公开的男同性恋群体成员表现出某些听众能够辨别的言语特征。
