Influence of different acoustic cues in L1 lexical tone on the perception of L2 lexical stress using principal component analysis: an ERP study

Meng, Yaxuan; Zhang, Juan; Liu, Shun; Wu, Chenggang

doi:10.1007/s00221-020-05823-w

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“…Future studies can therefore explore strategies to best use insights on non-native word stress cues to customize artificial voice input that matches human sociolinguistic experiences. While we did not find any particular cues that were perceived more strongly by German and Slavic English learners, other groups like Mandarin and Cantonese speakers could benefit from stress cued through more pitch information, as inferred from previous studies (Meng et al, 2020;Tong et al, 2014;Zeng et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2023). In addition, looking at applications for the teaching of English to speakers of other languages, all learners are likely to benefit from a language curriculum paying attention to both phonetic (syllable prominence) and phonological (syllable structure, lexical class, rhythm) factors in stress assignment.…”

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confidence: 47%

“…This led to the conclusion that cues can vary with the unfolding process of stress perception (Tong et al, 2014). This study was replicated by Meng et al (2020) with focus on Cantonese and Chinese English learners. Using the same stimuli and paradigm, they found that Cantonese speakers rely on pitch information even in the condition when all three cues were varied simultaneously (Meng et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 80%

“…This is unlikely to result from insufficient statistical power, as we did observe group differences regarding the effect of stress position. Our sample size was determined based on the effect size of similar previous studies revealing significant differences in cue processing (Meng et al, 2020, for comparison of Cantonese and Chinese learners of English), thuswith all due cautionour findings suggest that cue processing differences between Slavic and German stress perception of English words are of lower effect size, if existent. While the previous literature suggested differences between Slavic and German stress production in the native language (Dogil and Williams, 1999;Graupe, 2010), it is unclear whether these findings apply to perception and to a non-native language.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is strong evidence that English speakers from different language backgrounds weight word stress cues differently (Chrabaszcz et al, 2014;Tong et al, 2014;Meng et al, 2020;Zeng et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2023). For instance, Cantonese English learners rely more on the pitch than the duration of the syllable in comparison to Chinese English learners (Meng et al, 2020) and native English speakers (Tong et al, 2014). Compared to Australian English speakers, Taiwanese Mandarin speakers of English are also more sensitive to pitch cues (Zeng et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This study was replicated by Meng et al (2020) with focus on Cantonese and Chinese English learners. Using the same stimuli and paradigm, they found that Cantonese speakers rely on pitch information even in the condition when all three cues were varied simultaneously (Meng et al, 2020). Both for the Mandarin and the Cantonese English learners, pitch was perceived as a stronger cue than duration and intensity (Meng et al, 2020), yet the Cantonese weighted pitch stronger than the Mandarin English learners.…”

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confidence: 99%

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ERP Evidence for Slavic and German Word Stress Cue Sensitivity in English

Ivanova¹,

Neubert²,

Schmied³

et al. 2023

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Word stress is demanding for non-native learners of English, partly because speakers from different backgrounds weight perceptual cues to stress like pitch, intensity, and duration differently. Slavic learners of English and particularly those with a fixed stress language background like Czech and Polish have been shown to be less sensitive to stress in their native and non-native languages. In contrast, German English learners are rarely discussed in a word stress context. A comparison of these varieties can account for differences in the foreign language processing of speakers from two language families. We use electroencephalography (EEG) to explore group differences in word stress cue perception between Slavic and German learners of English. Slavic and German advanced English speakers were examined in passive multi-feature oddball experiments, where they were exposed to the word impact as an unstressed standard and as deviants stressed on the first or second syllable through higher pitch, intensity, or duration. The results revealed a robust Mismatch Negativity (MMN) component of the event-related potential (ERP) in both language groups in response to all conditions, demonstrating sensitivity to stress changes in a non-native language. While both groups showed higher MMN responses to stress changes to the second than the first syllable, this effect was more pronounced for German than for Slavic participants. Such group differences in non-native English word stress perception from the current and previous studies are argued to speak in favor of customizable language technologies and diversified English curricula compensating for non-native perceptual variation.

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confidence: 80%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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ERP Evidence for Slavic and German Word Stress Cue Sensitivity in English

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Neubert²,

Schmied³

et al. 2023

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Neural responses in novice learners’ perceptual learning and generalization of lexical tones: The effect of training variability

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The role of prosodic sensitivity and executive functions in L2 reading: The moderated mediation effect

Fang,

Liu,

et al. 2024

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Prosody refers to stress and intonation patterns in a language. Previous studies have found that prosodic sensitivity (PS) and executive functions can affect reading comprehension in first (L1) and second languages (L2). The current study examined these factors among a group of L1 Mandarin speakers learning L2 English who participated in a series of tasks measuring phonological awareness, Mandarin tone sensitivity, English PS, along with three specific executive functions – namely, cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, and working memory. The results demonstrated that Mandarin tone sensitivity and cognitive flexibility mediated English PS and reading. A simple slope analysis showed that PS positively predicted word reading for readers with higher but not lower cognitive flexibility. These results imply that PS in L2 reading is affected by both prosodic transfer of L1 tone sensitivity and cognitive flexibility.

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Influence of different acoustic cues in L1 lexical tone on the perception of L2 lexical stress using principal component analysis: an ERP study

Cited by 7 publications

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ERP Evidence for Slavic and German Word Stress Cue Sensitivity in English

ERP Evidence for Slavic and German Word Stress Cue Sensitivity in English

Neural responses in novice learners’ perceptual learning and generalization of lexical tones: The effect of training variability

The role of prosodic sensitivity and executive functions in L2 reading: The moderated mediation effect

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