32.875, Books: The processing of non-native word prosodic cues: Hu

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 22:05:51
From: Janacy van Duijn Genet [lot at uva.nl]
Subject: The processing of non-native word prosodic cues: Hu

 


Title: The processing of non-native word prosodic cues 
Subtitle: A cross-linguistic study 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/the-processing-of-non-native-word-prosodic-cues-a-cross-linguistic-study 


Author: Shuangshuang Hu

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460933660 Pages: 221 Price: Europe EURO 32


Abstract:

The dissertation aims to better understand the role of native word prosody in
the cross-linguistic processing of non-native word prosodic cues (WPCs) (i.e.,
non-native pitch contrasts and position) at three processing levels: the
auditory-acoustic level, the phonological level which taps into abstract
representations, and the lexical level where phonological knowledge is encoded
to integrate sound-to-meaning associations in word learning. Mandarin,
Japanese, and Dutch listeners are selected since these three languages not
only differ in their use of WPCs (Mandarin: lexical tones, Japanese: lexical
pitch accent, Dutch: lexical stress) but also share commonalities (Mandarin
and Japanese: use lexical pitch; Japanese and Dutch: use positional marking
cues).

The dissertation applies an AX discrimination task, a sequence recall task and
an associated word learning task to investigate the processing of non-native
WPCs at the acoustic, phonological and lexical level, respectively, by the
three groups of listeners.

The findings show that at the acoustic level, both the acoustic features and
the native word prosody influence the perception of non-native WPCs. At the
phonological level and lexical level, the use of lexical pitch in the native
word prosody plays a pivotal role in the encoding of non-native WPCs.
Intonation is found, to some extent, also influence the processing of
non-native WPCs at the three levels. Moreover, language-specific and
language-general patterns are observed in the processing of non-native WPCs at
the three processing levels. Position is found to play different roles in
interacting with the processing of non-native pitch contrasts at the three
different processing levels.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Phonology

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
                     Dutch (nld)
                     Japanese (jpn)


Written In: English  (eng)

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