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The more the better? Effects of L1 tonal density and typology on the perception of non-native tones
This study investigates the effects of L1 tonal density and typology on naïve listeners’ perception of L2 Cantonese tones and pitch-equivalent pure tones. Native speakers of two canonical tone languages (Vietnamese and Mandarin) and a pitch-accent language (Japanese) with varying degrees of tonal de...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10513246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37733777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291828 |
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author | Zhu, Min Chen, Fei Chen, Xiaoxiang Yang, Yuxiao |
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description | This study investigates the effects of L1 tonal density and typology on naïve listeners’ perception of L2 Cantonese tones and pitch-equivalent pure tones. Native speakers of two canonical tone languages (Vietnamese and Mandarin) and a pitch-accent language (Japanese) with varying degrees of tonal density were recruited as listeners in a discrimination task followed by a perceptual assimilation task. Results implied that Mandarin listeners with a sparser tone inventory exhibited significantly better performance than Vietnamese listeners, suggesting that denser tonality in L1 did not facilitate or even interfere with L2 tone perception. Furthermore, both groups of canonical tone listeners processed pitch contours in a domain-general manner, with comparable performance in the perception of lexical tones and pure tones. However, Japanese listeners of the pitch-accent language perceived pure tones better than lexical tones, showing a domain-specific mechanism. These findings suggest that both L1 tonal density and typology may modulate the perception of non-native tones. |
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spelling | pubmed-105132462023-09-22 The more the better? Effects of L1 tonal density and typology on the perception of non-native tones Zhu, Min Chen, Fei Chen, Xiaoxiang Yang, Yuxiao PLoS One Research Article This study investigates the effects of L1 tonal density and typology on naïve listeners’ perception of L2 Cantonese tones and pitch-equivalent pure tones. Native speakers of two canonical tone languages (Vietnamese and Mandarin) and a pitch-accent language (Japanese) with varying degrees of tonal density were recruited as listeners in a discrimination task followed by a perceptual assimilation task. Results implied that Mandarin listeners with a sparser tone inventory exhibited significantly better performance than Vietnamese listeners, suggesting that denser tonality in L1 did not facilitate or even interfere with L2 tone perception. Furthermore, both groups of canonical tone listeners processed pitch contours in a domain-general manner, with comparable performance in the perception of lexical tones and pure tones. However, Japanese listeners of the pitch-accent language perceived pure tones better than lexical tones, showing a domain-specific mechanism. These findings suggest that both L1 tonal density and typology may modulate the perception of non-native tones. Public Library of Science 2023-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10513246/ /pubmed/37733777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291828 Text en © 2023 Zhu et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zhu, Min Chen, Fei Chen, Xiaoxiang Yang, Yuxiao The more the better? Effects of L1 tonal density and typology on the perception of non-native tones |
title | The more the better? Effects of L1 tonal density and typology on the perception of non-native tones |
title_full | The more the better? Effects of L1 tonal density and typology on the perception of non-native tones |
title_fullStr | The more the better? Effects of L1 tonal density and typology on the perception of non-native tones |
title_full_unstemmed | The more the better? Effects of L1 tonal density and typology on the perception of non-native tones |
title_short | The more the better? Effects of L1 tonal density and typology on the perception of non-native tones |
title_sort | more the better? effects of l1 tonal density and typology on the perception of non-native tones |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10513246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37733777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291828 |
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