Articulatory effects of prediction during comprehension: an ultrasound tongue imaging approach

Drake, Eleanor; Schaeffler, Sonja; Corley, Martin

Abstract

We investigated whether effects of prediction during spoken language comprehension are observable in speech-motor output recorded via ultrasound tongue imaging: Predicted words can be specified at a phonological level during reading comprehension, and listening to speech activates -regions. It has been suggested that speech-motor activation may occur during prediction of upcoming material (Pickering & Garrod, 2007). Speakers model their own upcoming speech, with the effects being observable at an articulatory level in the form of anticipatory co-articulation. We investigated whether the effects of prediction as a listener can also be observed at an articulatory level. We auditorily presented high-cloze sentence-stems, immediately followed by presentation of a picture for naming. Picture names either fully matched the omitted sentence-cloze item or mismatched it at onset (e.g., TAP-·'cap,.). By-condition differences in picture-name articulation indicated that prediction of upcoming material during speech listening can engage speech-­motor processes.

Citation

Drake, E., Schaeffler, S., & Corley, M. (2014, May). Articulatory effects of prediction during comprehension: an ultrasound tongue imaging approach. Presented at 10th International Seminar on Speech Production

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 10th International Seminar on Speech Production
• Start Date: May 5, 2014
• End Date: May 8, 2014
• Acceptance Date: Feb 3, 2014
• Publication Date: May 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: May 20, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: May 24, 2018
• Publisher: University of Cologne - Universität zu Köln
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 10th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP)
• Keywords: Ultrasound tongue imaging, prediction, Delta-technique, motor-speech,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1186291
• Publisher URL: http://www.issp2014.uni-koeln.de/
• Contract Date: May 20, 2018