25 Apr 2006

Alice Lee (QMUC)

The present study investigated the effect of listeners' linguistic background (Cantonese and English) on perceptual ratings of hypernasality in Cantonese speech samples. Results showed that Cantonese listeners were significantly more reliable than English listeners in judging hypernasality in the male speech samples. Moreover, English listeners gave significantly lower ratings than Cantonese listeners to both male and female speech samples. The findings suggested the possible difference between native speakers and non-native speakers in judging the severity level of hypernasality.

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