Do you sing like how you speak?

Recent studies have found a stronger association between domains of music and speech (e.g. Wong, Skoe, Russo, Dees, & Kraus, 2007). Unlike non-tone languages, pitch is employed to mark meaning in every syllable in many tone languages such as Mandarin. In tone languages with multiple tones that s...

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Main Author: Kwek, Emily Zhen Chun
Other Authors: Chan Hiu Dan Alice
Format: Student Research Poster
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95746
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11293
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Recent studies have found a stronger association between domains of music and speech (e.g. Wong, Skoe, Russo, Dees, & Kraus, 2007). Unlike non-tone languages, pitch is employed to mark meaning in every syllable in many tone languages such as Mandarin. In tone languages with multiple tones that share a similar tonal pattern, such as Cantonese, the complexity of tone perception is further increased. [3rd Award]