The Processing of the Tone and the Vowel in Poems Under Different Tasks: Evidence from ERPs

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The Processing of the Tone and the Vowel in Poems Under Different Tasks: Evidence from ERPs

ZHANG Zhenghua^1,2,3, ZHANG Hang³, WANG Bing⁴, ZHENG Zilong⁵, ZHAO Liming⁶, LI Weijun^1,2

1. Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029;
2. Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Province, Dalian 116029;
3. Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 110872;
4. School of Music, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029;
5. School of Foreign Languages, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006;
6. Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387

Received:2021-03-29 Online:2021-11-20 Published:2021-11-20

不同任务下声调和韵母在诗句中的加工过程——来自ERP的证据

张政华^1,2,3, 张航³, 王兵⁴, 郑子龙⁵, 赵黎明⁶, 李卫君^1,2

1. 辽宁师范大学脑与认知神经科学研究中心，大连 116029;
2. 辽宁省脑与认知神经科学重点实验室，大连 116029;
3. 中国人民大学心理学系，北京 110872;
4. 辽宁师范大学音乐学院，大连 116029;
5. 苏州大学外国语学院，苏州 215006;
6. 教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地天津师范大学心理与行为研究院，天津 300387

通讯作者: 李卫君，E-mail：liwj@lnnu.edu.cn
基金资助:
辽宁省教育厅自然科学基金基础项目（LJ2019016）；教育部人文社会科学研究基金项目（21YJA190003）

Abstract

Abstract: Tone and vowel are important components of tone language. Previous studies have found that they have different effects on speech comprehension. The present ERPs study aimed to explore tone and vowel processing in Chinese pomes using prosody judgment and passive listening tasks. The results showed that the vowel violation elicited P2 and LPC in both tasks and elicited N400 in prosody judgment task, while the tone violation elicited N400 and LPC in prosody judgment task. In conclusion, the current study suggests that native Mandarin speakers can quickly detect the vowel violation in the prosody information, and complete the reanalysis and integration of the vowel in the late stage regardless of the kind of task. In contrast to the vowel, the listener only performs the phonological analysis and reanalysis and integration of the tone in the prosody judgment task which relies on cognitive resources being allocated actively by the listeners.

Key words: rhyming, tone, vowel, ERP

摘要： 声调和韵母是声调语言的重要组成部分，以往研究发现二者对言语理解具有不同程度的影响。本研究采用ERP技术，以诗句韵律为媒介，考察普通话母语者在声韵判断和无任务聆听两种任务下，声调和韵母信息的加工过程。结果发现，韵母违反在两种任务中均诱发了P2和LPC，并在声韵判断任务中诱发了N400；声调违反在声韵判断任务中诱发了N400和LPC。结果表明，听者在两种任务中均能于早期快速识别韵母信息，并在晚期完成再分析和整合，而对声调的语音分析和整合过程依赖于听者主动分配认知资源。

关键词: 押韵, 声调, 韵母, ERP

CLC Number:

B842

ZHANG Zhenghua, ZHANG Hang, WANG Bing, ZHENG Zilong, ZHAO Liming, LI Weijun. The Processing of the Tone and the Vowel in Poems Under Different Tasks: Evidence from ERPs[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2021, 19(6): 728-735.

张政华, 张航, 王兵, 郑子龙, 赵黎明, 李卫君. 不同任务下声调和韵母在诗句中的加工过程——来自ERP的证据[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2021, 19(6): 728-735.

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