Personality, Category, and Cross-Linguistic Speech Sound Processing: A Connectivistic View
Category formation of human perception is a vital part of cognitive ability. The disciplines of neuroscience and linguistics, however, seldom mention it in the marrying of the two. The present study reviews the neurological view of language acquisition as normalization of incoming speech signal, and...
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| description | Category formation of human perception is a vital part of cognitive ability. The disciplines of neuroscience and linguistics, however, seldom mention it in the marrying of the two. The present study reviews the neurological view of language acquisition as normalization of incoming speech signal, and attempts to suggest how speech sound category formation may connect personality with second language speech perception. Through a questionnaire, (being thick or thin) ego boundary, a correlate found to be related to category formation, was proven a positive indicator of personality types. Following the qualitative
study, thick boundary and thin boundary English learners native in Cantonese were given a speech-signal perception test using an ABX discrimination task protocol. Results showed that thick-boundary learners performed significantly lower in accuracy rate than thin-boundary learners. It was implied that differences in personality do have an impact on language learning. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6aa7280fe969482690ebfb4e623550972025-08-20T02:06:06ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal2356-61401537-744X2014-01-01201410.1155/2014/586504586504Personality, Category, and Cross-Linguistic Speech Sound Processing: A Connectivistic ViewYizhou Lan0Will X. Y. Li1Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong KongCategory formation of human perception is a vital part of cognitive ability. The disciplines of neuroscience and linguistics, however, seldom mention it in the marrying of the two. The present study reviews the neurological view of language acquisition as normalization of incoming speech signal, and attempts to suggest how speech sound category formation may connect personality with second language speech perception. Through a questionnaire, (being thick or thin) ego boundary, a correlate found to be related to category formation, was proven a positive indicator of personality types. Following the qualitative study, thick boundary and thin boundary English learners native in Cantonese were given a speech-signal perception test using an ABX discrimination task protocol. Results showed that thick-boundary learners performed significantly lower in accuracy rate than thin-boundary learners. It was implied that differences in personality do have an impact on language learning.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/586504 |
| spellingShingle | Yizhou Lan Will X. Y. Li Personality, Category, and Cross-Linguistic Speech Sound Processing: A Connectivistic View The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Personality, Category, and Cross-Linguistic Speech Sound Processing: A Connectivistic View |
| title_full | Personality, Category, and Cross-Linguistic Speech Sound Processing: A Connectivistic View |
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| title_short | Personality, Category, and Cross-Linguistic Speech Sound Processing: A Connectivistic View |
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