嬰兒聲調知覺發展(1/2)
Date Issued
2005
Date
2005
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DOI
932413H002028
Abstract
The goal of this study was to explore the developmental change of perceiving Mandarin
tones. In addition, this study addressed whether the acoustic similarity between lexical tones
could have any effects on perceptual development. Through the international collaboration with a
world-leading infant study laboratory at the University of Washington, we have established the
infant speech perception laboratory during the first project year. We also collected the infant data
for the Experiment 1 that was designed to test the age effect on tone perception. The perceptual
change of 7- and 11-month-old Mandarin-learning infants discriminating lexical tones was
examined by utilizing a Mandarin Tone 1 vs. Tone 3 contrast. The results of the older infant group
demonstrated that this tone contrast was not difficult for this age group to discriminate (mean
percent correct = 80.49%) and no significant gender difference on perceiving this tone contrast
was obtained for the 10-12 month-old Mandarin-learning infants. In addition to testing younger
infants on the same tone contrast, the on-going project will use various tone contrasts to examine the tone perception development in the following second project year.
tones. In addition, this study addressed whether the acoustic similarity between lexical tones
could have any effects on perceptual development. Through the international collaboration with a
world-leading infant study laboratory at the University of Washington, we have established the
infant speech perception laboratory during the first project year. We also collected the infant data
for the Experiment 1 that was designed to test the age effect on tone perception. The perceptual
change of 7- and 11-month-old Mandarin-learning infants discriminating lexical tones was
examined by utilizing a Mandarin Tone 1 vs. Tone 3 contrast. The results of the older infant group
demonstrated that this tone contrast was not difficult for this age group to discriminate (mean
percent correct = 80.49%) and no significant gender difference on perceiving this tone contrast
was obtained for the 10-12 month-old Mandarin-learning infants. In addition to testing younger
infants on the same tone contrast, the on-going project will use various tone contrasts to examine the tone perception development in the following second project year.
Publisher
臺北市:國立臺灣大學心理學系暨研究所
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