Ramachers Stefanie, Brouwer Susanne, Fikkert Paula
Radboud University,Nijmegen,the Netherlands.
J Child Lang. 2018 Mar;45(2):290-318. doi: 10.1017/S0305000917000228. Epub 2017 Jun 15.
Despite the fact that many of the world's languages use lexical tone, the majority of language acquisition studies has focused on non-tone languages. Research on tone languages has typically investigated well-known tone languages such as Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese. The current study looked at a Limburgian dialect of Dutch that uses lexical pitch differences, albeit in a rather restricted way. Using a visual habituation paradigm, 6- to 12-month-old Limburgian and Dutch infants were tested for their ability to discriminate Limburgian tones. The results showed that both Limburgian and Dutch infants discriminate the Limburgian tones throughout their first year of life. The role of linguistic experience, acoustic salience, and the degree of similarity to the native prosodic system are discussed.
尽管世界上许多语言都使用词汇声调，但大多数语言习得研究都集中在非声调语言上。对声调语言的研究通常考察一些广为人知的声调语言，如汉语普通话和粤语。当前的研究关注的是荷兰语的一种林堡方言，该方言使用词汇音高差异，尽管方式较为有限。采用视觉习惯化范式，对6至12个月大的林堡方言和荷兰语婴儿辨别林堡方言声调的能力进行了测试。结果表明，林堡方言和荷兰语婴儿在一岁以内都能辨别林堡方言的声调。文中还讨论了语言经验、声学显著性以及与母语韵律系统的相似程度所起的作用。
