Sign language perception and linguistic experience
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Language Experience Influences Non-linguistic Pitch Perception
Following publication of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, evidence has accumulated for the influence of language experience on perception. There are thousands of languages in the world which make use of pitch patterns to construct words much as vowels and consonants are used, among which Mandarin (a.k.a. Putonghua) is a typical tone language. This study examines the effect of language experience (to...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0001-4966
DOI: 10.1121/1.2019473