Pitch Ability As an Aptitude for Tone Learning
Pitch Ability As an Aptitude for Tone Learning
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DOI：
10.1111/lang.12159
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发表时间：
2016-12-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Karuzis, Valerie P.
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作者：
Bowles, Anita R.;Chang, Charles B.;Karuzis, Valerie P.
声调语言，如普通话，使用语音音高信号词汇对比，提出了一个挑战，为第二/外语（L2）的学习者，其母语不使用音高以这种方式。本研究探讨了掌握第二语言词汇声调的能力倾向的组成部分。没有声调语言经验的英语母语者完成了普通话单词学习任务，以及音高能力，音乐性，L2能力和一般认知能力的测试。音高能力衡量的是超越音乐性、L2能力和一般认知能力的学习表现的预测，也预测了学习向新谈话者的转移。总而言之，虽然某些非音调测量有助于预测成功的音调学习，但音调能力倾向的中心组成部分是音高特定的感知测量。
Tone languages such as Mandarin use voice pitch to signal lexical contrasts, presenting a challenge for second/foreign language (L2) learners whose native languages do not use pitch in this manner. The present study examined components of an aptitude for mastering L2 lexical tone. Native English speakers with no previous tone language experience completed a Mandarin word learning task, as well as tests of pitch ability, musicality, L2 aptitude, and general cognitive ability. Pitch ability measures improved predictions of learning performance beyond musicality, L2 aptitude, and general cognitive ability and also predicted transfer of learning to new talkers. In sum, although certain nontonal measures help predict successful tone learning, the central components of tonal aptitude are pitch-specific perceptual measures.