The Perception of Lexical Tone in Whispered Speech by Mandarin-speaking Congenital Amusics

Gaoyuan Zhang; Jing Shao; Lan Wang; Caicai Zhang

The Perception of Lexical Tone in Whispered Speech by Mandarin-speaking Congenital Amusics

Gaoyuan Zhang, Jing Shao, Lan Wang, Caicai Zhang

Department of English Language and Literature

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Abstract

Congenital amusia is a neurodevelopment disorder of musical pitch processing, which also affects lexical tone perception in tonal languages like Mandarin Chinese. In this study we aimed to investigate how congenital amusia affects lexical tone recognition without pitch information. Nineteen Mandarin-speaking congenital amusics and 19 matched controls were tested on lexical tone identification in both phonated and whispered speech. The results revealed that the performance of congenital amusics was inferior to that of controls in lexical tone identification in both phonated and whispered speech, but the differences between the two groups were smaller in whispered speech. Moreover, the identification of Tone 3 and Tone 4 was easier than that of Tone 2 and Tone 1 in whispered tone for both groups. The results indicate that the primary disorder of amusia lies in pitch processing but the deficits of amusia also appear to extend beyond pitch processing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Editors	Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain , Paul Warren
Place of Publication	Canberra, Australia
Publisher	Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association
Pages	3872-3876
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9780646800691
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019
Event	The 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 5 Aug 2019 → 9 Aug 2019 https://assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/

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Conference	The 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Abbreviated title	ICPhS2019
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	5/08/19 → 9/08/19
Internet address	https://assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/

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congenital amusia
lexical tone perception
pitch
whispered speech
Mandarin Chinese

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Zhang, G., Shao, J., Wang, L., & Zhang, C. (2019). The Perception of Lexical Tone in Whispered Speech by Mandarin-speaking Congenital Amusics. In S. Calhoun, P. Escudero, M. Tabain , & P. Warren (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 3872-3876). Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association. https://assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/papers/ICPhS_3921.pdf

Zhang, Gaoyuan ; Shao, Jing ; Wang, Lan et al. / The Perception of Lexical Tone in Whispered Speech by Mandarin-speaking Congenital Amusics. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. editor / Sasha Calhoun ; Paola Escudero ; Marija Tabain ; Paul Warren. Canberra, Australia : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, 2019. pp. 3872-3876

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Zhang, G, Shao, J, Wang, L & Zhang, C 2019, The Perception of Lexical Tone in Whispered Speech by Mandarin-speaking Congenital Amusics. in S Calhoun, P Escudero, M Tabain & P Warren (eds), Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, Canberra, Australia, pp. 3872-3876, The 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia, 5/08/19. <https://assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/papers/ICPhS_3921.pdf>

The Perception of Lexical Tone in Whispered Speech by Mandarin-speaking Congenital Amusics. / Zhang, Gaoyuan; Shao, Jing; Wang, Lan et al.

Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. ed. / Sasha Calhoun; Paola Escudero; Marija Tabain ; Paul Warren. Canberra, Australia : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, 2019. p. 3872-3876.

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