Perception of lexical tone across languages: Evidence for a linguistic mode of processing

Denis Burnham; Elizabeth Francis; Di Webster; Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin; Chayada Attapaiboon; Francisco Lacerda; Peter Keller

Perception of lexical tone across languages: Evidence for a linguistic mode of processing

Denis Burnham^*, Elizabeth Francis, Di Webster, Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin, Chayada Attapaiboon, Francisco Lacerda, Peter Keller

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Abstract

Pairs of Thai tones were presented for perceptual discrimination in three linguistic contexts (normal speech, low-pass filtered speech, and as musical (violin) sounds) to tonal language speakers, Thai and Cantonese, and non-tonal (English) language speakers. English speakers discriminated the tonal contrasts significantly better in the musical context than in filtered speech, and in filtered speech better than in full speech. On the other hand, both Thai and Cantonese speakers perceived the tonal contrasts equally well in all three contexts. Thus developmental absence of exposure to lexical tone results in a linguistic mode of processing which involves the attenuation of a basic psychoacoustic ability, pitch discrimination.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Publikationsdato	1996
Antal sider	4
Status	Udgivet - 1996
Udgivet eksternt	Ja
Begivenhed	Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP. Part 1 (of 4) - Philadelphia, PA, USA Varighed: 3 okt. 1996 → 6 okt. 1996

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Konference	Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP. Part 1 (of 4)
By	Philadelphia, PA, USA
Periode	03/10/1996 → 06/10/1996

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Burnham, D, Francis, E, Webster, D, Luksaneeyanawin, S, Attapaiboon, C, Lacerda, F & Keller, P 1996, 'Perception of lexical tone across languages: Evidence for a linguistic mode of processing', Paper fremlagt ved Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP. Part 1 (of 4), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 03/10/1996 - 06/10/1996 s. 2514-2517.

Perception of lexical tone across languages: Evidence for a linguistic mode of processing. / Burnham, Denis; Francis, Elizabeth; Webster, Di et al.
1996. 2514-2517 Afhandling præsenteret på Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP. Part 1 (of 4), Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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