Foreign Studies College, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
School of Foreign Languages, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Phonetica. 2023 Jun 1;80(1-2):117-152. doi: 10.1515/phon-2022-0023. Print 2023 Feb 23.
This study explored the perceptual assimilation and discrimination of Russian phonemes by three groups of Chinese listeners with differing Russian learning experience. A perceptual assimilation task (PAT) and a perceptual discrimination test (PDT) were conducted to investigate if/how L1-L2 perceptual similarity would vary as a function of increased learning experience, and the development of assimilation-discrimination relations. The PAT was analyzed via assimilation rates, dispersion values, goodness ratings and assimilation patterns. Results revealed an intriguing phenomenon that the perceived Mandarin-Russian similarity first increased from naïve listeners to intermediate learners and then decreased slightly in relatively advanced learners. This suggests that L1-L2 perceptual similarity is subject to learning experience and could follow a potential "rise and fall" developmental pattern. The PDT results were mostly in line with the assimilation-discrimination correspondence with more experience bringing out better discriminability in general. Yet the overall sensitivity values from the Chinese groups were relatively low, implying acoustic/articulatory effects on L2 discriminability aside from perceptual assimilation. The results were discussed under the frameworks of L2 Perceptual Assimilation Model, Speech Learning Model and L2 Linguistic Perception Model.
本研究探讨了三组具有不同俄语学习经验的中国听众对俄语音位的感知同化和感知辨别。通过感知同化任务（PAT）和感知辨别测试（PDT），我们考察了母语-二语感知相似性是否以及如何随着学习经验的增加而变化，以及同化-辨别关系的发展。通过同化率、分散值、良好评分和同化模式对 PAT 进行了分析。结果揭示了一个有趣的现象，即被试者对普通话-俄语相似性的感知先是从新手听众增加到中级学习者，然后在相对高级的学习者中略有下降。这表明母语-二语感知相似性受到学习经验的影响，可能遵循一种潜在的“上升和下降”的发展模式。PDT 的结果与同化-辨别对应关系基本一致，即经验越多，一般的辨别能力越强。然而，中国组的整体敏感性值相对较低，这意味着除了感知同化之外，还有声学/发音效应对二语辨别能力的影响。研究结果在二语感知同化模型、言语学习模型和二语语言感知模型的框架下进行了讨论。
