音乐是否会影响音色和细分信息的感知整体性?
William Choi1, Veronica Ka Wai Lai2
1Academic Unit of Human Communication, Development, and Information Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|August 11, 2023
概括
音乐能力不会影响广东语说者如何整合音调和语音. 虽然音乐训练可以提高音调感知,但这种优势并不总是转移到语言处理.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 听觉感知是一种听觉感知.
- 音乐认知 音乐认知
背景情况:
- 非母语语音感知包括处理超分段 (如音调) 和分段 (如辅音,元音) 信息.
- 这些语音组件被视为集成或独立的程度在不同听众群体之间有所不同.
- 音乐已经被提议提高听觉处理技能,可能影响语音感知.
研究的目的:
- 调查音乐是否调节非母语语音和细分信息的感知整体性.
- 为了比较音乐家和非音乐家之间语音 (广东语) 和非语音 (英语) 语言背景的语音感知能力.
主要方法:
- 对112名参与者进行了修改的泰国语音AX歧视任务:广东音乐家,广东非音乐家,英国音乐家和英国非音乐家.
- 该任务包括一个只有音调变化的控制块和一个有音调和细分变化的直角块.
- 测量了灵敏度指数 (d) 和响应时间,以评估感知完整性和独立性.
主要成果:
- 与对照区块相比,语听众在直角区块中表现出降低的灵敏度和增加的响应时间,表明对音色和细分信息的整体感知.
- 英语听众在各个区块中表现相似,表明独立的感知.
- 贝叶斯分析显示,在广东语或英语组中,音乐家和非音乐家之间的感知整体性没有显著差异.
结论:
- 音乐性似乎没有影响非母语语音感知中的音色和细分信息的感知整体性.
- 虽然音乐能力可以提高特定的听觉技能,如音调灵敏度,但这些好处并不能普遍转移到语言处理的所有方面.
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