Individual Differences in Speech Production and Perception

Inter-individual variation in speech is a topic of increasing interest in the humanities. It can yield important insights into biological, linguistic, cognitive, and social features of language. The big challenge is to find out which speaker- and listener-specific details are crucial. This book introduces such details from various perspectives.

Inter-individual variation in speech is a topic of increasing interest both in human sciences and speech technology. It can yield important insights into biological, cognitive, communicative, and social aspects of language. Written by specialists in psycholinguistics, phonetics, speech development, speech perception and speech technology, this volume presents experimental and modeling studies that provide the reader with a deep understanding of interspeaker variability and its role in speech processing, speech development, and interspeaker interactions. It discusses how theoretical models take into account individual behavior, explains why interspeaker variability enriches speech communication, and summarizes the limitations of the use of speaker information in forensics.

Autorentext

Susanne Fuchs works at ZAS Berlin and is an expert in speech production. Daniel Pape works at the University of Aveiro. He is an expert in speech perception. Caterina Petrone is a CNRS researcher at the LPL in Aix-en-Provence and an expert in prosody. Pascal Perrier is a professor at Université Grenoble Alpes and an expert in speech production models.

Inhalt

Contents: Rachel Smith: Perception of Speaker-Specific Phonetic Detail - Frank Eisner: Perceptual Adjustments to Speaker Variation - Marieke van Heugten/Christina Bergmann/Alejandrina Cristia: The Effects of Talker Voice and Accent on Young Children's Speech Perception - Benjamin Swets: Psycholinguistics and Planning: A Focus on Individual Differences - Francesco Cangemi/Martina Krüger/Martine Grice: Listener-Specific Perception of Speaker-Specific Productions in Intonation - Iris Chuoying Ouyang/Elsi Kaiser: Individual Differences in the Prosodic Encoding of Informativity - Melanie Weirich: Organic Sources of Inter-Speaker Variability in Articulation: Insights from Twin Studies and Male and Female Speech - Pascal Perrier/Ralf Winkler: Biomechanics of the Orofacial Motor System: Influence of Speaker-Specific Characteristics on Speech Production - Jean-François Bonastre/Juliette Kahn/Solange Rossato/Moez Ajili: Forensic Speaker Recognition: Mirages and Reality.