Native and Nonnative Processing of Japanese Pitch Accent

Autor/inn/en	Wu, Xianghua; Tu, Jung-Yueh; Wang, Yue
Titel	Native and Nonnative Processing of Japanese Pitch Accent
Quelle	In: Applied Psycholinguistics, 33 (2012) 3, S.623-641 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7164
DOI	10.1017/S0142716411000506
Schlagwörter	Cues; Tone Languages; Language Processing; Mandarin Chinese; Acoustics; Language Enrichment; English (Second Language); Intonation; Suprasegmentals; Native Speakers; Japanese; Second Languages; Phonology; Brain Hemisphere Functions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Tonsprache; Sprachverarbeitung; Akustik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Muttersprachler; Japaner; Japanisch; Second language; Zweitsprache; Fonologie
Abstract	The theoretical framework of this study is based on the prevalent debate of whether prosodic processing is influenced by higher level linguistic-specific circuits or reflects lower level encoding of physical properties. Using the dichotic listening technique, the study investigates the hemispheric processing of Japanese pitch accent by native Japanese listeners and two groups of nonnative listeners with no prior pitch accent experience but differing in their native language experience with linguistic pitch: native listeners of Mandarin (a tone language with higher linguistic functional use of pitch) and native listeners of English (a stress language with lower functional use of pitch). The overall results reveal that, for both native and nonnative listeners, the processing of Japanese pitch accent is less lateralized (compared to lexical tone processing, which has been found to be a left hemisphere property). However, detailed analysis with individual pitch accents across groups shows a right hemisphere preference for processing the high-accent-low (HL) pattern, a left hemisphere preference for LH, and no hemisphere dominance for LH, indicating a significant reliance on the acoustic cues. These patterns are particularly prominent with the English listeners who are least experienced with linguistic pitch. Together, the findings suggest an interplay of linguistic and acoustic aspects in the processing of Japanese pitch accent by native and nonnative listeners. (As Provided).
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