The link between speech perception and production is phonological and abstract: evidence from the shadowing task.
This study reports a shadowing experiment, in which one has to repeat a speech stimulus as fast as possible. We tested claims about a direct link between perception and production based on speech gestures, and obtained two types of counterevidence. First, shadowing is not slowed down by a gestural mismatch between stimulus and response. Second, phonetic detail is more likely to be imitated in a shadowing task if it is phonologically relevant. This is consistent with the idea that speech perception and speech production are only loosely coupled, on an abstract phonological level.
Mitterer
Holger
H
Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, Wundtlaan, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. holger.mitterer@mpi.nl
Ernestus
Mirjam
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D010700:Phonetics; D013067:Speech Perception; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D055815:Young Adult