Laboratory for Research on Learning and Development, CNRS-UMR 5022, University of Burgundy, 21000 Dijon, France.
Laboratory for Research on Learning and Development, CNRS-UMR 5022, University of Burgundy, 21000 Dijon, France.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2020 Mar;191:104711. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104711. Epub 2019 Nov 23.
Effects of music on language processing have been reported separately for syntax and for semantics. Previous studies have shown that regular musical rhythms can facilitate syntax processing and that semantic features of musical excerpts can influence semantic processing of words. It remains unclear whether musical parameters, such as rhythm and sound texture, may specifically influence different components of linguistic processing. In the current study, two types of musical sequences (one focusing on rhythm and the other focusing on sound texture) were presented to children who were requested to perform a syntax or a semantic task thereafter. The results revealed that rhythmic and textural musical sequences differently influence syntax and semantic processing. For grammaticality judgments, children's performance was better after regular rhythmic sequences than after textural sound sequences. In the semantic evocation task, children produced more numerous and more various concepts after textural sound sequences than after regular rhythmic sequences. These results suggest that rhythm boosts perceptual and cognitive sequencing required in syntax processing, whereas texture promote verbalization and concept activation in verbal production. The findings have implications for the interpretation of musical priming effects and are discussed in the frameworks of dynamic attending and conceptual processing.
音乐对语言处理的影响已经分别在语法和语义方面进行了报道。先前的研究表明，有规律的音乐节奏可以促进语法处理，而音乐片段的语义特征可以影响单词的语义处理。目前尚不清楚音乐参数（如节奏和声音质地）是否可能专门影响语言处理的不同成分。在当前的研究中，向儿童呈现了两种类型的音乐序列（一种侧重于节奏，另一种侧重于声音质地），然后要求他们执行语法或语义任务。结果表明，节奏和质地音乐序列以不同的方式影响语法和语义处理。对于语法判断，儿童在有规律的节奏序列后表现优于质地声音序列后。在语义唤起任务中，儿童在质地声音序列后产生的概念比在有规律的节奏序列后更多样。这些结果表明，节奏促进了语法处理中所需的感知和认知序列，而质地则促进了言语产生中的言语表达和概念激活。这些发现对音乐启动效应的解释具有启示意义，并在动态关注和概念处理框架中进行了讨论。
