Non-native speech perception in adverse conditions: a review

María Luisa García Lecumberri (1) , Martin Cooke (1) , Anne Cutler (2, 3, 4)

1 Facultad de Letras
2 Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
3 Western Sydney University
4 Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour

If listening in adverse conditions is hard, then listening in a foreign language is doubly so: non-native listeners have to cope with both imperfect signals and imperfect knowledge. Comparison of native and non-native listener performance in speech-in-noise tasks helps to clarify the role of prior linguistic experience in speech perception, and, more directly, contributes to an understanding of the problems faced by language learners in everyday listening situations. This article reviews experimental studies on non-native listening in adverse conditions, organised around three principal contributory factors: the task facing listeners, the effect of adverse conditions on speech, and the differences among listener populations. Based on a comprehensive tabulation of key studies, we identify robust findings, research trends and gaps in current knowledge

Mots clés: non-native; speech perception; noise; review

Domaines: Linguistique

María Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, Anne Cutler. Non-native speech perception in adverse conditions: a review. Speech Communication, 2010, 52 (11-12), pp.864. ⟨10.1016/j.specom.2010.08.014⟩. ⟨hal-00698858⟩