Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada.
J Acoust Soc Am. 2013 Aug;134(2):EL133-9. doi: 10.1121/1.4812435.
The present study examined the effect of improving lexical tone identification abilities on Cantonese tone-word learning. Native English non-musicians received training on Cantonese tones before learning the meanings of words distinguished by these tones. Their results were compared to English non-musicians and musicians who received no tone training. The tone-trainees obtained a similar level of word identification proficiency as musicians by the end of training and were significantly better than non-tone trained non-musicians. These results lend support for phonetic-phonological-lexical continuity in learning because enhancing listeners' perception of lower-level tonal information significantly contributed to success in a higher-level linguistic task.
本研究考察了提高词汇声调识别能力对粤语声调词学习的影响。母语为英语的非音乐人士在学习这些声调区分的单词的意思之前，接受了粤语声调的训练。他们的结果与未接受声调训练的英语非音乐人士和音乐人士进行了比较。在训练结束时，声调训练组的单词识别能力与音乐人士相当，明显优于未接受声调训练的非音乐人士。这些结果支持了学习过程中语音-音系-词汇连续性的观点，因为提高听众对较低层次声调信息的感知能力显著有助于完成更高层次的语言任务。
