Key Lab of China's National Linguistic Information Technology, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
School of Humanity, Kaili University, Kaili, Guizhou, China.
J Acoust Soc Am. 2020 Jan;147(1):EL62. doi: 10.1121/10.0000604.
Tonal language speakers outperform non-tonal language speakers in behavioral pitch discrimination. Because the tone system differs in complexity across different tonal languages, it is unknown whether pitch discrimination differs across individuals speaking different tonal languages. There are nine tones in Dong but only four in Mandarin. This study investigates whether behavioral pitch discrimination is superior in Dong speakers compared to Mandarin speakers. Behavioral pitch discrimination was indexed by difference limens measured using pure tones and harmonic tones. The results indicate that Dong speakers outperformed Mandarin speakers in pitch discrimination tasks.
声调语言使用者在行为音高辨别方面优于非声调语言使用者。由于不同声调语言的声调系统在复杂性上有所不同，因此尚不清楚不同声调语言使用者之间的音高辨别是否存在差异。侗语有九个声调，而普通话只有四个。本研究旨在探究侗语使用者的行为音高辨别能力是否优于普通话使用者。使用纯音和谐音测量的差别阈限来标记行为音高辨别。结果表明，在音高辨别任务中，侗语使用者优于普通话使用者。
