Chang Yung-Hsiang Shawn, Yao Yao, Huang Becky H
Department of English, National Taipei University of Technology, 1, Sec. 3, Zhongxiao East Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
J Acoust Soc Am. 2017 Feb;141(2):EL120. doi: 10.1121/1.4976037.
Whether tone language experience facilitates non-native tone perception is an area of research that previously yielded conflicting results, potentially because of the lack of systematical control of speaker normalization effects across studies. Under a high-variability testing condition with controlled speaker normalization cues, Cantonese (native controls), Mandarin (Cantonese-naive tone listeners), and English (non-tone listeners) listeners identified three Cantonese level tones. The results indicate a facilitatory effect of tone experience on non-native tone perception when normalization for inter-speaker variation is required.
声调语言经验是否有助于非母语声调感知是一个研究领域，此前该领域的研究结果相互矛盾，这可能是因为在各项研究中缺乏对说话者归一化效应的系统控制。在具有可控说话者归一化线索的高变异性测试条件下，粤语使用者（母语对照组）、普通话使用者（不懂粤语声调的听众）和英语使用者（非声调语言听众）对三个粤语平调进行了识别。结果表明，当需要对说话者之间的差异进行归一化时，声调经验对非母语声调感知具有促进作用。
