Music and language: Overlapping or independent systems?

音乐和语言：重叠还是独立的系统？

• 批准号: 203069-2013
• 负责人: Schellenberg, EGlenn
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=523334
• 关键词: Music; language; Overlapping; independent; systems

The proposed research will examine whether language and music processing rely on overlapping or independent mechanisms. Language and music are both auditory-based systems of communication that involve successive sound events organized accordingly to underlying rules. Whereas language follows rules of syntax and phonology, Western music has rules of melodic organization and harmony. Although some scholars speculate that both systems rely on the same underlying mechanisms, others argue for independence. Another view holds that associations between performance on tests of language and music processing may be the consequence of individual differences in general cognitive ability or demographic variables.

这项拟议的研究将考察语言和音乐处理是否依赖于重叠或独立的机制。语言和音乐都是以听觉为基础的交流系统，涉及到根据潜在规则组织的连续声音事件。语言遵循句法和音韵学规则，而西方音乐则遵循旋律组织和和声规则。尽管一些学者推测，这两个系统依赖于相同的基本机制，但另一些人则主张独立。另一种观点认为，在语言测试和音乐处理方面的表现之间的联系可能是个体在一般认知能力或人口统计变量上的差异的结果。