SPA 3123L Chapter 1-6 Review

T/F: Categorical perception is specific to speech sounds.

Categorical perception allows humans to ____.

If the fundamental frequency is 100Hz, what is the fifth harmonic?

T/F: Speech is encoded.

Which of the following is evidence that vowels are more basic than consonants?

T/F: All consonants are voiced.

T/F: VOT is longer for voiced consonants.

T/F: There are many ways to reach the same articulatory goal.

Which is considered steady-state?

T/F: Vowel normalization is the ability to recognize vowels across speakers.

How does analysis-by-synthesis differ from Motor Theory?

If the third harmonic is 900 Hz, what is the fundamental frequency?

What is the role of the cochlea in speech perception?

___ are whole number multiples of the fundamental frequency.

The problem of acoustic invariance is ____.

T/F: When you change the fundamental frequency, you change the vowel.

T/F: We can discriminate far more speech sounds than we can identify.

Which of the following contradict Motor Theory?

Which of the following is/are evidence of the role of formant frequencies in vowel production?

T/F: Fricatives require a vowel for production.

T/F: Pre-analysis is the proposed solution to the problems of analysis-by-synthesis.

T/F: Vowels are perceived categorically.

When you move from /i/ to /I/, which cavity gets larger?

Describe the features of /b/.

Which of the following is/are evidence for Motor Theory?

T/F: The locus theory solves the problem of acoustic invariance without any drawbacks.

T/F: Categorical perception is the ability to perceive speech sounds in overlapping groups.