Abstract
Following Tobin [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, 2757 (2009)], perceptually guided changes in speech production were examined in a group of Serbian‐English speakers. Participants were recorded producing Serbian and English sentences after periods of time in the US and in Serbia. Voice onset times (VOTs) and vowel formants were examined with the aim of determining whether gestural targets as well as patterns of gestural timing are affected by exposure to a language. It is predicted that in both Serbian and English, VOTs will be longer after time in the US and shorter after time in Serbia. Based on comparisons of available American English and Serbian vowel formant data, it is expected that F1’s will increase and F2’s will decrease after time in Serbia while F1’s will decrease and F2’s will increase after time in the US. The results will be compared with those of Tobin’s Spanish‐English speakers and discussed with relation to recent research on phonetic convergence, attunement, and articulatory setting.
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