Perception in context of Chinese and Japanese: the role of language proficiency
IntroductionThe effect of language context on bilinguals has been studied in phonetic production. However, it is still unclear how the language context affects phonetic perception as the level of second language (L2) proficiency increases.MethodsChinese–Japanese auditory cognates were selected to av...
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| description | IntroductionThe effect of language context on bilinguals has been studied in phonetic production. However, it is still unclear how the language context affects phonetic perception as the level of second language (L2) proficiency increases.MethodsChinese–Japanese auditory cognates were selected to avoid the interference of semantics and font or spelling processing. Low- to high-proficiency Chinese–Japanese bilinguals, as well as Chinese and Japanese monolinguals, were asked to judge whether the initial morpheme of the Chinese or Japanese words was pronounced with the vowels /a/ or /i/ in single- and mixed-language contexts.ResultsThe results found that low-proficiency bilinguals judged vowels faster in the single-language context than in the mixed-language context, whereas high-proficiency bilinguals showed no significant difference between the single- and mixed-language contexts. DiscussionThese results indicate that as language proficiency increases, bilinguals appear to adaptively enhance phonetic perception when faced with different control demands in single-language and mixed-language contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8c07c2c6ee5b4a1aaef30c8debd3d14d2025-01-23T16:18:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.15289551528955Perception in context of Chinese and Japanese: the role of language proficiencySa Lu0Rongxia Ren1Ting Guo2Xiaoyu Tang3Research Center of Language and Cognition, School of Foreign Languages, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, ChinaSchool of Education Science, Yan’an University, Yan’an, ChinaResearch Center of Language and Cognition, School of Foreign Languages, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Liaoning Collaborative Innovation Center of Children and Adolescents Healthy Personality Assessment and Cultivation, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, ChinaIntroductionThe effect of language context on bilinguals has been studied in phonetic production. However, it is still unclear how the language context affects phonetic perception as the level of second language (L2) proficiency increases.MethodsChinese–Japanese auditory cognates were selected to avoid the interference of semantics and font or spelling processing. Low- to high-proficiency Chinese–Japanese bilinguals, as well as Chinese and Japanese monolinguals, were asked to judge whether the initial morpheme of the Chinese or Japanese words was pronounced with the vowels /a/ or /i/ in single- and mixed-language contexts.ResultsThe results found that low-proficiency bilinguals judged vowels faster in the single-language context than in the mixed-language context, whereas high-proficiency bilinguals showed no significant difference between the single- and mixed-language contexts. DiscussionThese results indicate that as language proficiency increases, bilinguals appear to adaptively enhance phonetic perception when faced with different control demands in single-language and mixed-language contexts.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1528955/fulllanguage contextlanguage proficiencyphonetic perceptionChinese-Japanese bilingualsvowel judgment |
| spellingShingle | Sa Lu Rongxia Ren Ting Guo Xiaoyu Tang Perception in context of Chinese and Japanese: the role of language proficiency Frontiers in Psychology language context language proficiency phonetic perception Chinese-Japanese bilinguals vowel judgment |
| title | Perception in context of Chinese and Japanese: the role of language proficiency |
| title_full | Perception in context of Chinese and Japanese: the role of language proficiency |
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| title_short | Perception in context of Chinese and Japanese: the role of language proficiency |
| title_sort | perception in context of chinese and japanese the role of language proficiency |
| topic | language context language proficiency phonetic perception Chinese-Japanese bilinguals vowel judgment |
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