Zhao T Christina, Kuhl Patricia K
Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195,
J Acoust Soc Am. 2015 Aug;138(2):EL133-7. doi: 10.1121/1.4927632.
Native tonal-language speakers exhibit reduced sensitivity to lexical tone differences within, compared to across, categories (higher-level linguistic category influence). Yet, sensitivity is enhanced among musically trained, non-tonal-language-speaking individuals (lower-level acoustics processing influence). The current study investigated the relative contribution of higher- and lower-level influences when both are present. Seventeen Mandarin musicians completed music pitch and lexical tone discrimination tasks. Similar to English musicians [Zhao and Kuhl (2015). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 137(3), 1452-1463], Mandarin musicians' overall sensitivity to lexical tone differences was associated with music pitch score, suggesting lower-level contributions. However, the musician's sensitivities to lexical tone pairs along a continuum were similar to Mandarin non-musicians, reflecting dominant higher-level influences.
与跨类别（更高级别的语言类别影响）相比，以声调语言为母语的人对类别内词汇声调差异的敏感度降低。然而，在接受过音乐训练、不以声调语言为母语的个体中，敏感度会增强（较低级别的声学处理影响）。本研究调查了两种影响同时存在时，较高级别和较低级别影响的相对贡献。17名说普通话的音乐家完成了音高和词汇声调辨别任务。与说英语的音乐家一样[赵和库尔（2015年）。《美国声学学会杂志》137(3)，1452 - 1463页]，说普通话的音乐家对词汇声调差异的总体敏感度与音高得分相关，表明有较低级别的贡献。然而，音乐家对连续体上词汇声调对的敏感度与说普通话的非音乐家相似，反映出较高级别影响占主导。
