Lexical function of pitch in the first language shapes cross-linguistic perception of Thai tones
Lexical function of pitch in the first language shapes cross-linguistic perception of Thai tones
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第一语言中音高的词汇功能塑造了泰语声调的跨语言感知
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2014
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Isabelle Darcy
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Vance Schaefer;Isabelle Darcy
所有语言都在不同程度上使用音高，无论是语言学上的（例如，语调）或非语言（例如，歌唱）。此外，许多语言使用音高来区分不同程度的功能负荷和库存的差异，这样的音高模式的词汇项目。本研究试图了解哪些因素决定了非母语者对非母语声调的准确感知，从而为第二语言声调的习得建立基线。我们检查泰国音调的感知（即，三个水平音，两个轮廓音）的使用者在词汇对比音高使用谱上的一系列变化：普通话（词汇音调），日语（词汇音高重音），英语（词汇重音），和韩语（没有词汇对比音高）。结果表明，在L1词汇对比音高的重要性，影响非母语的音调感知，使不是所有的非音调的语言扬声器具有相同的水平的音调敏感性，从而导致在一个层次的感知准确性。参考特征假设（麦卡利斯特et al. 2002），我们提出了功能音高假设来模拟我们的研究结果：语言音高区分L1中词汇项目的程度塑造了对非母语词汇对比音高系统的天真感知，例如，音调。
Abstract Determining the factors involved in the non-native perception of the pitch patterns of tones is complicated by the fact that all languages use pitch to various extents, whether linguistic (e.g., intonation) or non-linguistic (e.g., singing). Moreover, many languages use pitch to distinguish lexical items with varying degrees of functional load and differences in inventory of such pitch patterns. The current study attempts to understand what factors determine accurate naïve (= non-learner) perception of non-native tones, in order to establish the baseline for acquisition of a tonal L2. We examine the perception of Thai tones (i.e., three level tones, two contour tones) by speakers of languages on a spectrum of lexically contrastive pitch usage: Mandarin (lexical tone), Japanese (lexical pitch accent), English (lexical stress), and Korean (no lexically contrastive pitch). Results suggest that the importance of lexically contrastive pitch in the L1 influences non-native tone perception so that not all non-tonal language speakers possess the same level of tonal sensitivity, resulting in a hierarchy of perceptual accuracy. Referencing the Feature Hypothesis (McAllister et al. 2002), we propose the Functional Pitch Hypothesis to model our findings: the degree to which linguistic pitch differentiates lexical items in the L1 shapes the naïve perception of a non-native lexically contrastive pitch system, e.g., tones.