Infants' native and nonnative tone perception
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Infants’ native and nonnative tone perception was investigated in three studies. In Study 1, 6and 9-month-old English (non-tone) and Chinese (tone) infants were tested for discrimination of Thai tones in a training procedure. Study 2 examined English and French infants’ Thai tone perception in a more natural looking/listening task. Study 3 investigated English infants’ discrimination of Mandarin tones. The findings provide robust evidence for the reorganization of tone perception as a function of language experience. Agerelated decline in nonnative tone discrimination was found for English and French infants. Chinese infants showed stable tone perception across age.
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