Perceptual learning of Cantonese lexical tones by tone and non-tone language speakers
Perceptual learning of Cantonese lexical tones by tone and non-tone language speakers
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DOI：
10.1016/j.wocn.2007.06.005
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发表时间：
2008-04-01
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1.9
通讯作者：
Fenn, Kimberly
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作者：
Francis, Alexander L.;Clocca, Valter;Fenn, Kimberly
两组听众，一组以声调语言（普通话）为母语，另一组以非声调语言（英语）为母语，接受训练以识别粤语词汇声调。训练前后的表现采用封闭反应集识别和两两差异评定任务进行测量。采用多维标度（MDS）分析差异评分，探讨训练对听者感知空间的影响。两组在训练后表现出相当的初始表现和显著的音调识别改善。然而，这两组人在最难识别的音调和最容易学习的音调方面存在差异。两组训练诱导的识别（混淆）和感知空间变化的差异表明，听者对语调和音调类别的母语经验影响了非母语超分段类别的感知和习得。(C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
Two groups of listeners, one of native speakers of a tone language (Mandarin Chinese) and one of native speakers of a non-tone language (English) were trained to recognize Cantonese lexical tones. Performance before and after training was measured using closed response-set identification and pairwise difference rating tasks. Difference ratings were submitted to multidimensional scaling (MDS) analyses to investigate training-related changes in listeners' perceptual space. Both groups showed comparable initial performance and significant improvement in tone identification following training. However, the two groups differed in terms of the tones they found most difficult to identify, and in terms of the tones that were learned best. Differences between the two groups' training-induced changes in identification (confusions) and perceptual spaces demonstrated that listeners' native language experience with intonational as well as tone categories affects the perception and acquisition of non-native suprasegmental categories. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.