School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Title

Differential sensitivity for frequency among speakers of a tone and a nontone language

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 1993

Abstract

Differential sensitivity for frequency was compared between six native speakers of a tone language, Mandarin Chinese, and six native speakers of a nontone language, English. Subjects judged whether variable tones, at increments within the frequency range of a level tone-phoneme category, sounded the same or different in pitch than standard tones at 1000Hz and 125 Hz. (35 references) (JL)

Volume

21