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Conference Paper: The Role of Individual Differences in Cognitive Ability in Tone Processing in Cantonese: Preliminary Findings
Title | The Role of Individual Differences in Cognitive Ability in Tone Processing in Cantonese: Preliminary Findings |
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Keywords | individual differences tone perception tone production Cantonese cognitive ability |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) Archive. |
Citation | The 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2014), Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 13-16 May 2014. In the Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages, 2014, p. 50-54 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Sound variations are persistent in the phonological system of
all languages. Such variations, at the individual level, are
exhibited by different patterns of perception and production.
Recent studies have suggested individual differences in
cognitive abilities as important sources of variability in speech
processing. Yet, how different aspects of speech processing are
associated with different components of cognitive abilities
remains unclear. The present study aims to systematically
assess the relationships between tone processing and various
components of attention and working memory in the auditory
and visual modalities among normal Cantonese-speaking
individuals using a series of published tools. The individual
variations in tone processing are captured in an on-going
sound change – tone merging in Hong Kong Cantonese, in
which normal native speakers are reported to lose the
distinctions between tonal contrasts in perception and/or
production. Three groups of participants have been identified,
with one group of good perception and production of the six
contrastive tones in Cantonese, a second group of good
perception but poor production and a third group of good
production but poor perception. The present findings suggest
that domain general cognitive abilities including visual
working memory and auditory attention switching/control may
contribute to an individual's speed in tone discrimination, and
possibly play a role in sound change. |
Description | The article can be viwed at: http://www.isca-speech.org/archive/tal_2014/papers/tl14_050.pdf |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/201611 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Ou, J | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Law, SP | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Fung, R | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, S | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-21T07:32:09Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-21T07:32:09Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2014), Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 13-16 May 2014. In the Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages, 2014, p. 50-54 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/201611 | - |
dc.description | The article can be viwed at: http://www.isca-speech.org/archive/tal_2014/papers/tl14_050.pdf | - |
dc.description.abstract | Sound variations are persistent in the phonological system of all languages. Such variations, at the individual level, are exhibited by different patterns of perception and production. Recent studies have suggested individual differences in cognitive abilities as important sources of variability in speech processing. Yet, how different aspects of speech processing are associated with different components of cognitive abilities remains unclear. The present study aims to systematically assess the relationships between tone processing and various components of attention and working memory in the auditory and visual modalities among normal Cantonese-speaking individuals using a series of published tools. The individual variations in tone processing are captured in an on-going sound change – tone merging in Hong Kong Cantonese, in which normal native speakers are reported to lose the distinctions between tonal contrasts in perception and/or production. Three groups of participants have been identified, with one group of good perception and production of the six contrastive tones in Cantonese, a second group of good perception but poor production and a third group of good production but poor perception. The present findings suggest that domain general cognitive abilities including visual working memory and auditory attention switching/control may contribute to an individual's speed in tone discrimination, and possibly play a role in sound change. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) Archive. | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages | en_US |
dc.subject | individual differences | - |
dc.subject | tone perception | - |
dc.subject | tone production | - |
dc.subject | Cantonese | - |
dc.subject | cognitive ability | - |
dc.title | The Role of Individual Differences in Cognitive Ability in Tone Processing in Cantonese: Preliminary Findings | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Law, SP: splaw@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Law, SP=rp00920 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 233649 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 50 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 54 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Baixas, France | en_US |