Musical ability and non-native speech-sound processing are linked through sensitivity to pitch and spectral information
Musical ability and non-native speech-sound processing are linked through sensitivity to pitch and spectral information
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DOI：
10.1111/bjop.12092
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发表时间：
2015-05-01
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4
通讯作者：
Brooks, Patricia J.
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作者：
Kempe, Vera;Bublitz, Dennis;Brooks, Patricia J.
观察到的音乐能力和非母语语音处理之间的联系是由于对音乐和语言处理背后的声学特征的敏感性增强吗？为了回答这个问题，以英语为母语的人（N=118）区分了挪威语的音调对比和挪威语的元音。在时间、音高和频谱特征上不同的短音调被用来测量对音乐和语音处理中涉及的各种声学特征的敏感度。音乐能力是用戈登的《高级音乐试听法》来衡量的。结果表明，对特定声学特征的敏感性在非母语语音处理中起作用：控制非语言智力、先前的外语学习经验和性别，对音高和频谱信息的敏感性部分介导了音乐能力与非母语元音和词汇音调辨别之间的联系。研究结果表明，虽然对某些声学特征的敏感性部分地调解了音乐能力和非母语语音处理之间的关系，但音乐能力的复杂测试也利用了其他共同的机制。
Is the observed link between musical ability and non-native speech-sound processing due to enhanced sensitivity to acoustic features underlying both musical and linguistic processing? To address this question, native English speakers (N=118) discriminated Norwegian tonal contrasts and Norwegian vowels. Short tones differing in temporal, pitch, and spectral characteristics were used to measure sensitivity to the various acoustic features implicated in musical and speech processing. Musical ability was measured using Gordon's Advanced Measures of Musical Audiation. Results showed that sensitivity to specific acoustic features played a role in non-native speech-sound processing: Controlling for non-verbal intelligence, prior foreign language-learning experience, and sex, sensitivity to pitch and spectral information partially mediated the link between musical ability and discrimination of non-native vowels and lexical tones. The findings suggest that while sensitivity to certain acoustic features partially mediates the relationship between musical ability and non-native speech-sound processing, complex tests of musical ability also tap into other shared mechanisms.