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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 王士元教授 (语言学及现代语言系) |
| 王士元教授 (语言学及现代语言系) |
| 彭刚教授 (语言学及现代语言系) |
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摘要Following publication of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, evidence has accumulated for the influence of language experience on perception. There are thousands of languages in the world which make use of pitch patterns to construct words much as vowels and consonants are used, among which Mandarin (a.k.a. Putonghua) is a typical tone language. This study examines the effect of language experience (tone language experience vs. nontone language experience) on non-linguistic pitch perception. First, we show a significantly higher prevalence of absolute pitch among native tone-language-speaking music students than among nontone-language-speaking music students. Moreover, we show that language experience shapes the perception of tone sweeps, extending the influence of language prototypes from the linguistic domain to the non-linguistic domain. Taken together, these results demonstrate that language experience affects auditory perception, and so provide evidence for the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in the auditory modality.
着者Peng G, Deutsch D, Henthorn T, Su DJ, Wang WSY
期刊名称JOURNAL OF CHINESE LINGUISTICS
出版年份201http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/3
月份6
日期1
卷号41
期次2
出版社Chinese University Press
页次447 - 467
国际标準期刊号0091-http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/372http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/3
语言英式英语
关键词Absolute pitch; Pitch perception; Sapir-Whorf hypothesis; Tone language; Tone sweep
Web of Science 学科类别Asian Studies; Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; LINGUISTICS
