Is It Speech or Song? Effect of Melody Priming on Pitch Perception of Modified Mandarin Speech
Tonal languages make use of pitch variation for distinguishing lexical semantics, and their melodic richness seems comparable to that of music. The present study investigated a novel priming effect of melody on the pitch processing of Mandarin speech. When a spoken Mandarin utterance is preceded by...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Brain Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/9/10/286 |