Individual differences in nonnative lexical tone perception: Effects of tone language repertoire and musical experience.

ABSTRACT: This study sought to understand the effects of tone language repertoire and musical experience on nonnative lexical tone perception and production. Thirty-one participants completed a tone discrimination task, an imitation task, and a musical abilities task. Results showed that a larger tone language repertoire and musical experience both enhanced tone discrimination performance. However, the effects were not additive, as musical experience was associated with tone discrimination performance for single-tone language speakers, but such association was not seen for dual-tone language speakers. Furthermore, among single-tone language speakers, but not among dual-tone language speakers, musical experience and musical aptitude positively correlated with tone discrimination accuracy. It is thus

SUBMITTER: Toh XR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9557947 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature