Graduation Date
Spring 2019
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in Psychology, option Academic Research
Committee Chair Name
Dr. Mari Sanchez
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Dr. Amber Gaffney
Second Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Third Committee Member Name
Dr. Chris Aberson
Third Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
Ponetic convergence, Auditory imagery, Speech, Cognition
Subject Categories
Psychology
Abstract
This study aimed to address whether phonetic convergence (speech imitation) and auditory imagery in reading are fundamentally governed by the same process — episodic encoding (c.f., Goldinger, 1998). A set of participants (talkers; N = 12) were recorded speaking sentences at a baseline level. Talkers were then exposed model speaker with either a fast or slow speech rate and then engaged in a reading phase where they read sentences thought to be written by that speaker. If episodic encoding predicts effects of phonetic convergence and auditory imagery in reading style, then talkers should be influenced by a speaker on three dimensions: pronunciation of words, duration of words, and duration of sentences. A different set of participants (raters; N = 68) engaged in an AXB perceptual similarity ratings task. Raters were presented with three sets of recordings of individual target words in a row — A (baseline), X (model), and B (reading) — and made perceptual similarity ratings, indicating whether A or B is more similar in pronunciation to X . If episodic encoding predicts effects of phonetic convergence then talkers should be rated as being perceptually similar to the speaker. The results of the study suggest that episodic may not play a role in either phonetic convergence or auditory imagery and speech.
Citation Style
APA
Recommended Citation
Rodriguez, Josue E., "Phonetic convergence and auditory imagery in reading" (2019). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 277.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/277