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

• Main Authors: Toh, Xin Ru, Lau, Fun, Wong, Francis Chun Kit
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::Language; Musical Training; Tone Language
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168576
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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 languag...