Toh Xin Ru, Lau Fun, Wong Francis C K
Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 29;13:940363. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.940363. eCollection 2022.
This study sought to understand the effects of tone language repertoire and musical experience on nonnative lexical tone perception and production. Thirty-one participants completed a tone discrimination task, an imitation task, and a musical abilities task. Results showed that a larger tone language repertoire and musical experience both enhanced tone discrimination performance. However, the effects were not additive, as musical experience was associated with tone discrimination performance for single-tone language speakers, but such association was not seen for dual-tone language speakers. Furthermore, among single-tone language speakers, but not among dual-tone language speakers, musical experience and musical aptitude positively correlated with tone discrimination accuracy. It is thus concluded that individuals with varying extents of tone language experience may adopt different strategies when performing tone discrimination tasks; single-tone language speakers may draw on their musical expertise while dual-tone language speakers may rely on their extensive tone language experience instead.
本研究旨在了解声调语言储备和音乐经验对非母语者词汇声调感知与产出的影响。31名参与者完成了一项声调辨别任务、一项模仿任务和一项音乐能力任务。结果表明，更丰富的声调语言储备和音乐经验均能提高声调辨别表现。然而，这些影响并非叠加性的，因为音乐经验与单声调语言使用者的声调辨别表现相关，但在双声调语言使用者中未观察到这种关联。此外，在单声调语言使用者中，而非双声调语言使用者中，音乐经验和音乐天赋与声调辨别准确性呈正相关。因此得出结论，具有不同程度声调语言经验的个体在执行声调辨别任务时可能采用不同策略；单声调语言使用者可能利用其音乐专业知识，而双声调语言使用者可能转而依赖其丰富的声调语言经验。
