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Native language background affects the perception of duration and pitch

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Lyu, Siqi, Põldver, Nele, Kask, Liis, Wang, Luming, Kreegipuu, Kairi·2024·Brain and Language
DOI 10.1016/j.bandl.2024.105460
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• Chinese speakers perceived Estonian duration as meaningless acoustic information. • Chinese speakers showed better pitch discrimination ability than Estonian speakers. • Estonian speakers benefited from their L1 in perceiving non-speech sounds. • Our results indicate that L1 background affects the perception of duration and pitch. • Our results indicate that the effect of L1 is not restricted to the speech/language domain. Estonian is a quantity language with both a primary duration cue and a secondary pitch cue, whereas Chinese is a tonal language with a dominant pitch use. Using a mismatch negativity experiment and a behavioral discrimination experiment, we investigated how native language background affects the perception of duration only, pitch only, and duration plus pitch information. Chinese participants perceived duration in Estonian as meaningless acoustic information due to a lack of phonological use of duration in their native language; however, they demonstrated a better pitch discrimination ability than Estonian participants. On the other hand, Estonian participants outperformed Chinese participants in perceiving the non-speech pure tones that resembled the Estonian quantity (i.e., containing both duration and pitch information). Our results indicate that native language background affects the perception of duration and pitch and that such an effect is not specific to processing speech sounds.

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Metadata

Authors
Lyu, S., Põldver, N., Kask, L., Wang, L., & Kreegipuu, K.
Affiliations
  • University of Tartu (EE)
  • Zhejiang University of Technology (CN)
Corresponding author
Kreegipuu, Kairi
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Venue
Brain and Language
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2024-09
Volume
256
Pages
105460
ISSN
0093-934X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.bandl.2024.105460
OpenAlex
W4402211897
Cited by
6
References
2
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2024: 1
FWCI
2.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Brain and Language (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Keywords
native language background, cross-linguistic perception, duration perception, pitch discrimination, Chinese speakers, tonal languages, non-speech sounds, pure tones, mismatch negativity, phonological cues
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Language, Male, Pitch Perception, Speech Perception, Time Perception, Young Adult

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