The effects of word and beat priming on Mandarin lexical stress recognition: an event-related potential study

Music and language are unique communication tools in human society, where stress plays a crucial role. Many studies have examined the recognition of lexical stress in Indo-European languages using beat/rhythm priming, but few studies have examined the cross-domain relationship between musical and li...

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Main Authors: Wenjing Yu, Yu-Fu Chien, Bing Wang, Jianjun Zhao, Weijun Li
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2024-12-01
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description Music and language are unique communication tools in human society, where stress plays a crucial role. Many studies have examined the recognition of lexical stress in Indo-European languages using beat/rhythm priming, but few studies have examined the cross-domain relationship between musical and linguistic stress in tonal languages. The current study investigates how musical stress and lexical stress influence lexical stress recognition in Mandarin. In the auditory priming experiment, disyllabic Mandarin words with initial or final stress were primed by disyllabic words or beats with either congruent or incongruent stress patterns. Results showed that the incongruent condition elicited larger P2 and the late positive component (LPC) amplitudes than the congruent condition. Moreover, the Strong-Weak primes elicited larger N400 amplitudes than the Weak-Strong primes, and the Weak-Strong primes yielded larger LPC amplitudes than the Strong-Weak primes. The findings reveal the neural correlates of the cross-domain influence between music and language during lexical stress recognition in Mandarin.
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spelling doaj-art-a1015d0c32f34f5faa25b2c03c37824e2025-08-20T02:19:37ZengCambridge University PressLanguage and Cognition1866-98081866-98592024-12-01161134115610.1017/langcog.2023.75The effects of word and beat priming on Mandarin lexical stress recognition: an event-related potential studyWenjing Yu0Yu-Fu Chien1Bing Wang2Jianjun Zhao3Weijun Li4Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Province, Dalian, ChinaDepartment of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Music, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, ChinaSchool of Chinese Language and Literature, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, ChinaResearch Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Province, Dalian, ChinaMusic and language are unique communication tools in human society, where stress plays a crucial role. Many studies have examined the recognition of lexical stress in Indo-European languages using beat/rhythm priming, but few studies have examined the cross-domain relationship between musical and linguistic stress in tonal languages. The current study investigates how musical stress and lexical stress influence lexical stress recognition in Mandarin. In the auditory priming experiment, disyllabic Mandarin words with initial or final stress were primed by disyllabic words or beats with either congruent or incongruent stress patterns. Results showed that the incongruent condition elicited larger P2 and the late positive component (LPC) amplitudes than the congruent condition. Moreover, the Strong-Weak primes elicited larger N400 amplitudes than the Weak-Strong primes, and the Weak-Strong primes yielded larger LPC amplitudes than the Strong-Weak primes. The findings reveal the neural correlates of the cross-domain influence between music and language during lexical stress recognition in Mandarin.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980823000753/type/journal_articlebeatevent-related potentiallexical stressmusic and languagepriming
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The effects of word and beat priming on Mandarin lexical stress recognition: an event-related potential study
Language and Cognition
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title The effects of word and beat priming on Mandarin lexical stress recognition: an event-related potential study
title_full The effects of word and beat priming on Mandarin lexical stress recognition: an event-related potential study
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title_short The effects of word and beat priming on Mandarin lexical stress recognition: an event-related potential study
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music and language
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