Multidimensional Analysis of the Perceptual Uniqueness of 31 English Consonantal Clusters.
Abstract
Acoustic recordings were made of 31 'doublet' consonant-clusters with five vowels by 12 speakers. The pairs of syllables were heard by twelve listeners who assigned values to the aural differences between each pair 'in the manner of magnitude estimation'. The clusters were treated as two groups, 18 non-sibilant clusters and 13 sibilant clusters. The responses of each listener became the data for multidimensional analysis. Four-dimensional space provided the most efficient analysis for both sets of data. The interpretations of these dimensions were in terms of the features either of the first or of the second member of the consonant clusters. In the instance of the non-sibilant clusters on dimension one the perceptual feature was determined by the groupings of the second members, on dimensions two and three by the first members. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0776649
Entities
People
- Elizabeth Janocosek
- John W. Black
- Sadanand Singh
Organizations
- Ohio State University