Behavioral and Neural Responses to Tone Errors in Foreign-Accented Mandarin

Autor/inn/en	Pelzl, Eric; Lau, Ellen F.; Jackson, Scott R.; Guo, Taomei; Gor, Kira
Titel	Behavioral and Neural Responses to Tone Errors in Foreign-Accented Mandarin
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 71 (2021) 2, S.414-452 (39 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pelzl, Eric)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/lang.12438
Schlagwörter	Intonation; Mandarin Chinese; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Pronunciation; Semantics; Morphology (Languages); Native Speakers; Diagnostic Tests; Error Patterns; Decision Making; Language Rhythm; Comparative Analysis; Auditory Discrimination; Behavior Patterns; Language Processing; Second Language Learning; Syntax + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aussprache; Semantik; Morphology; Morphologie; Muttersprachler; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Fehlertyp; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Sprachrhythmus; Sprachverarbeitung; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	Previous event-related potentials (ERP) research has investigated how foreign accent modulates listeners' neural responses to lexical-semantic and morphosyntactic errors. We extended this line of research to consider whether pronunciation errors in Mandarin Chinese are processed differently when a foreign-accented speaker makes them relative to when a native-accented speaker makes them (a conceptual replication using the materials from Pelzl et al., 2019). We evaluated behavioral judgments, the N400, and late positive component while native speakers listened to native and foreign-accented sentences containing tone and rhyme pronunciation errors. We observed effects that suggested that the participants were prone to detect errors in foreign-accented speech more often in sentences with no critical word deviation but also were less likely to reject critical tone errors produced by the foreign-accented speaker. ERP results showed a main effect of accent on late positive components that suggested a difference in degree for sensitivity to foreign-accented compared to native-accented pronunciation errors rather than a completely different response pattern. We found no effect of accent on N400s, with statistically significant differences between tone and rhyme errors regardless of speaker accent. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01