在第一和第二语言的辅音集群感知中使用频率和音量序列:促进是语言特异性的
Sophia Wulfert1,2, Peter Auer1, Adriana Hanulíková1,3,4
1Department of German Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Frontiers in psychology
|September 3, 2025
概括
语言特有的语音序列知识有助于母语和第二语言学习者的听力效率. 然而,声音序列原理意外地阻碍了,而不是帮助了德国的辅音集群感知.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学
- 语音学
- 认知科学
背景情况:
- 听觉感知依赖于认知机制,包括对语音序列概率的期望.
- 语言特定的语音概率和普遍的原理,如音量测序原理,可能会影响语音处理.
- 第二语言 (L2) 听众经常面临挑战,因为他们对目标语言的声音模式不太熟悉.
研究的目的:
- 研究辅音集群频率和音响序列原理对德语初始辅音集群感知的影响.
- 将这些因素对母语 (L1) 的德国听众和澳大利亚学习德语 (L2) 的影响进行比较.
主要方法:
- 进行了两项实验,使用嵌入噪音的无音词和初始辅音集群.
- 第一个实验涉及L1的德国听众.
- 第二个实验涉及澳大利亚的德语学习者.
主要成果:
- 较高的德语辅音群频率显著提高了L1和L2听者的感知精度.
- 对于L2听者来说,频率的影响更明显.
- 与假设相反,坚持声量测序原则显著抑制了两组的感知精度.
结论:
- 语言特异性的分布知识,而不是像声序排序这样的普遍原则,似乎指导着亚词语语处理.
- 对于有效的听觉感知来说,对特定语言的声音模式的经验至关重要,即使在L2学习中也是如此.
- 在这种情况下,声音测序原则可能与阻碍识别而不是促进识别的因素有关.
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