Auditive Dimensionen der Vokalklangwahrnehmung

Abstract

Abstract Two groups of listeners were subjected to our own version of the Semantic Differential (Eindrucksdifferential) and responded to synthesized vocalic stimuli. One group consisted of professional phoneticians, the other group comprised subjects relatively inexperienced in any of the phonetic sciences. The two sets of judgments were factor-analyzed. The results of the dimensional analyses for the two groups differed in various respects as did the ‘psychological distance’ of segments which was operationalized by ‘profile distance’. These symptomatic differences were discussed with regard to ‘phonemic distance’ (D_ph) which was computed according to various phonological models. It seems that the judgments of the expert group were strongly biased by phonological concepts whereas the phonetically inexperienced listeners responded in a truely naive manner.