The presence of culturally significant objects has been shown to induce biases in speech perception consistent with features of the dialect relevant to the object. Questions remain about the transferability of this effect to different dialect contexts, and the efficacy of the task in inducing the effect. This paper details an Australian-context experiment modelled on Hay and Drager’s (2010) New Zealand-context stuffed toy study. Seventy-five listeners heard spoken Australian English (AusE) phrases with phrase-final monosyllabic words containing either kit, dress, or trap vowels. Each phrase was followed by audio presentation of a six-step synthesized vowel continuum, from New Zealand English (NZE)-like to exaggerated AusE-like tokens. Listeners attempted to match one of the synthesized variants to the speaker’s realization of the target vowel. Listeners were exposed to one of two priming conditions, established by stuffed toy kiwis (New Zealand) and stuffed toy koalas (Australia), or a control condition (no toy). Contrary to Hay and Drager (2010), token selections did not differ significantly between the New Zealand and Australian priming conditions. However, reversing the order of continuum presentation did significantly affect token selection for kit vowels, raising questions about the task design itself. Results suggest that the influence of regional primes on speech perception may be more limited than previously thought.

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猕猴桃和无尾熊作为文化原点是否会引起澳大利亚英语听众的感知偏见？

具有文化意义的对象的存在已被证明会引起与对象相关的方言特征一致的语音感知偏差。关于这种效果在不同方言语境中的可转移性以及任务在诱导效果方面的功效仍然存在疑问。本文详细介绍了以 Hay 和 Drager (2010) 的新西兰背景毛绒玩具研究为蓝本的澳大利亚背景实验。75 名听众听到了口语澳大利亚英语 (AusE) 短语，其中短语结尾的单音节单词包含 kit、dress 或 trap 元音。每个短语后面都有一个六步合成元音连续体的音频演示，从新西兰英语 (NZE) 到夸张的 AusE 式标记。听众试图将合成的变体之一与说话者对目标元音的实现进行匹配。听众被暴露于两种启动条件之一，由毛绒玩具猕猴桃（新西兰）和毛绒玩具考拉（澳大利亚）建立，或控制条件（无玩具）。与 Hay 和 Drager（2010）相反，新西兰和澳大利亚的启动条件之间的代币选择没有显着差异。然而，颠倒连续表示的顺序确实显着影响了套件元音的标记选择，引发了对任务设计本身的质疑。结果表明，区域素数对语音感知的影响可能比以前认为的要有限。新西兰和澳大利亚的启动条件之间的代币选择没有显着差异。然而，颠倒连续表示的顺序确实显着影响了套件元音的标记选择，引发了对任务设计本身的质疑。结果表明，区域素数对语音感知的影响可能比以前认为的要有限。新西兰和澳大利亚的启动条件之间的代币选择没有显着差异。然而，颠倒连续表示的顺序确实显着影响了套件元音的标记选择，引发了对任务设计本身的质疑。结果表明，区域素数对语音感知的影响可能比以前认为的要有限。