Implicit Imitation of Regional Dialects in Typically Developing Adults and Adults with High-Functioning Autism
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: This study examined the effect of regional dialect on implicit spontaneous phonetic imitation in typically developing adults (TD) and adults with high functioning autism (HFA).Participants shadowed CVC target words produced by talkers from two American English dialect regions, the North and the Midland.Imitation was measured acoustically in terms of vowel quality, vowel duration, midpoint f0, f0 trajectory, and onset and coda consonant duration.It was hypothesized that TD shadowers would imitate familiar dialects less than unfamiliar dialects, based on previous results showing that high frequency words are imitated less than low frequency words (Goldinger, 1998).By extension, frequently encountered or familiar dialects should be imitated less than unfamiliar dialects.Effects
Author: Sara Catherine Phillips-Bourass
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: University of Pittsburgh
OpenAlex ID: W2243953928