Moen I
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway.
Brain Lang. 1993 May;44(4):400-13. doi: 10.1006/brln.1993.1024.
The present paper addresses the question of the functional lateralization of the ability to perceive the tonal distinctions in tone languages. Dichotic listening experiments and investigations of the brain-damaged population have indicated that the left hemisphere is more active than the right in the perception of tone in East Asian tone languages like Mandarin Chinese and Thai. Two dichotic listening experiments involving speakers of Norwegian, a language with an opposition of two tones, have demonstrated a right-ear superiority in the perception of the tonal distinction, indicating left-hemisphere lateralization of the ability to perceive tonal distinctions in Norwegian as well as in the East Asian tone languages that have been previously investigated.
本文探讨了声调语言中感知声调差异能力的功能侧化问题。双耳分听实验和对脑损伤人群的研究表明，在像汉语普通话和泰语这样的东亚声调语言中，左半球在声调感知方面比右半球更活跃。两项涉及挪威语使用者的双耳分听实验表明，挪威语有两种声调对立，在声调差异感知上存在右耳优势，这表明在挪威语以及先前研究过的东亚声调语言中，感知声调差异的能力都存在左半球侧化。
