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Do speakers of different languages hear music differently? Scientists investigate the effect of “native listening” on non-linguistic sounds February 24, 2016 For a while now, neuroscientists have been wondering whether the distortions in the way we perceive foreign languages related to our knowledge of our mother tongue also characterize how we perceive non-linguistic sounds (e.g., music). A new SISSA study, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, shows that, despite many clues

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Scientistsinvestigatetheeffectof“nativelistening”onnon-linguisticsoundsFebruary24,2016Forawhilenow,neuroscientistshavebeenwonderingwhetherthedistortionsinthewayweperceiveforeignlanguagesrelatedtoourknowledgeofourmothertonguealsocharacterizehowweperceivenon-linguisticsounds(e.g.,music).AnewSISSAstudy,publishedintheJournalofExperimentalPsychology:Learning,MemoryandCognition,showsthat,despitemanyclues

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seeminglypointinginthatdirection,speakersoflanguageswithadifferentrhythmdonotdifferintheirperceptionofnon-linguisticsoundsequences.

Knowledgeofourmothertongueactsasasortofauditory“template”thatinfluencesthewayweperceivethesoundsofotherlanguages(scientistscallthis“nativelistening”).Severalclues,likethefactthatmanyofthecorticalauditoryregionsresponsibleforlinguisticandmusicalprocessingarethesameandtheexistenceofauditoryillusionsdependentonthemothertongueordialect,haveledinvestigatorstohypothesizethatnativelisteningtransfersalsotonon-linguisticsoundstimulisuchasmusic.Toinvestigatethishypothesis,AlanLangus,researchfellowattheInternationalSchoolforAdvancedStudies(SISSA)ofTrieste,MarinaNespor,SISSAprofessor,andothercolleaguesusedthe“iambic–trochaiclaw”,demonstratingthatthereisnotransfertothenon-linguisticdomainandthatthedistortioneffectsarelimitedtolinguisticsounds.Thewaywegroupnoteswithincontinuoussoundsequencesisdeterminedbytheiambic-trochaiclaw(ITL),wherebywetendtopairsoundsofvaryingintensityorpitchintotrocheesandthoseofdifferentdurationintoiambs.Aniambisformedbytwoelementsinwhichthestrongerelementfollowstheweakerone,andatrocheeisexactlytheopposite.Inotherwords,whenwelisten,forexample,toaflowoftonesthatalternatecontinuously–onestrong(S)andoneweak(W),ifwesegmenttheflowintrocheeswehearthesequencesasSW-SW-SW-SW…,butifwedivideitintoiambswehearthesequencewillbeWS-WS-WS-WS…AccordingtotheITL,whensoundsvaryineithervolumeorpitchwetendtopreferthetrochaicpattern,butwhentheyvaryindurationwepreferiambs.Eventhephrasalrhythmofalanguagefollowseitheriambicortrochaicpreferences,andeachlanguagehasitscharacteristicrhythm:somepreferaiambicpattern(e.g.Italian)othersatrochaicone(e.g.TurkishorPersian).Inaseriesofexperiments,Langus,Nesporandcolleaguestestedwhetherthepreferredrhythmofthesubjects’mothertonguesalsotransferredtonon-linguisticsounds(musicaltones),oreventovisualstimuli.“Inpreviousexperiments,wefoundthatiambic-trochaicrhythmsalsoexistinthevisualdomain,andhopefullywewouldfindananalogybetweentheauditoryandvisualdomaingiventheexistenceofvisuallanguages,suchassignlanguagesforthedeaf,”explainsNespor.However,theexperiments,conductedonnativespeakersofItalian,PersianorTurkish,providednegativeresults.Itistrue(“aswereplicatedinourstudy”explainsLangus)thattherhythmofspokenlanguageinfluencedtheperceptionofthesoundsofotherlanguages.“However,we

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foundnotransferoftheeffecttotheotherdomainsofnon-linguisticauditoryandvisualstimuli”concludestheresearchscientist.USEFULLINKS:

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Welcome to CE100 Unit 5 Seminar. Audio Check If If can’t hear me, please confirm that the volume on your speakers are on and if you have external speakers.

Welcome to CE100 Unit 5 Seminar. Audio Check If If can’t hear me, please confirm that the volume on your speakers are on and if you have external speakers.

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Thinking Differently

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1 I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand. ( Confucius circa 450BC ) Differently Learning1.

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FOCUSSING DIFFERENTLY

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Make sure the speakers on your computer are turned up so you can hear my voice once we begin You need to be able to hear me as well as see the presentation.

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International ESOL English for Speakers of Other … · C2 Listening Part 1 You hear seven sentences twice. Match what you hear with one of the answers. Put a circle round the ...

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1 Make sure you turn up the speakers on your computer are turned up so you can hear my voice You need to be able to hear me as well as see the presentation.

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Audio Check If you can’t hear me, please confirm that the volume on your speakers are on and if you have external speakers confirm that they are plugged.

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