Perception de vocoïdes postérieurs fermés synthétisés : l'effet de la configuration labiale et de la position de la langue sur les auditeurs francophones et japonophones

Takeki Kamiyama (1)

1 LPP - LPP - Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie - UMR 7018

Japanese /u/ is produced with a fronter tongue constriction with less closed lips than French /u/. Such an articulatory configuration results in higher F1 and F2 (F2 > 1000 Hz) than French /u/. Variations in tongue position and lip configuration were simulated using VTCalc (Maeda [10]). A perceptual identification test was conducted using these synthesised vowels with 16 native French-speaking listeners and 16 native Japanese-speaking listeners. The results show that the back tongue position and a high degree of labiality were both essential for French speakers to perceive French /u/, whereas Japanese speakers perceived Japanese /u/ in zones where French speakers identified /u/ and /ø/. These findings explain the fact that Japanese-speaking learners of French have difficulty in distinguishing /u/ and /ø/ in perception and production.

Mots clés: Japanese /u/; French /u/; tongue position; lips; articulatory synthesis; identification

Domaines: Linguistique

Takeki Kamiyama. Perception de vocoïdes postérieurs fermés synthétisés : l'effet de la configuration labiale et de la position de la langue sur les auditeurs francophones et japonophones. XXVIIIèmes Journées d'Étude sur la Parole, May 2010, Mons, Belgique. pp.297-300. ⟨halshs-00678038⟩