The influence of tonal language experience on speech perception

Wu, Xuechun (2022) The influence of tonal language experience on speech perception. Bachelor's Thesis, Artificial Intelligence.

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Abstract

There are more than 7000 languages spoken in the world. Among these languages are tonal languages. They are common in East and Southeast Asia, and Africa. In tonal languages, a syllable usually carries a specific pitch. While those pitches convey information such as focus and emotion innon-tonal languages, in tonal languages, these pitches are used to convey different lexical andmeanings. It is interesting to investigate if the language experience of tonal language supports people todistinguish tonal differences in unfamiliar tonal languages and non-linguistic tones. The hypothesis is that language experience and knowledge can help people distinguish tones in unfamiliar tonal languages and make accurate and quick judgments. A total of 20 native Mandarin speakers were recruited from the University of Groningen for this study. The results showed that the participants hadhigh accuracy in judging Akan tones with a short response time.

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Tsiwah, F.
Degree programme:	Artificial Intelligence
Thesis type:	Bachelor's Thesis
Language:	English
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2022 09:42
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2023 15:19
URI:	https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/28006

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