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 Chinese and Bilingual Studies

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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 Tabian, Paul Warren
Publisher	Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc.
Pages	3872-3876
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-646-80069-1
Publication status	Published - 9 Aug 2019
Event	The 19th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019) - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 5 Aug 2019 → 9 Aug 2019

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Conference	The 19th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019)
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	5/08/19 → 9/08/19

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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. Tabian, & P. Warren (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 3872-3876). Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc.. http://hdl.handle.net/10397/92338

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

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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