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Tone recognition/perception by electronic and human brains: With a focus on the human brains
2021.11.10 Dr. PENG Gang
Associate Professor
Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tone recognition/perception by electronic and human brains: With a focus on the human brains
Cantonese has a highly complex tone system. How to correctly recognize (by electronic brains, i.e., computer) /perceive (by human brains) Cantonese tones is challenging. In this talk, I will first illustrate how electronic brains recognize Cantonese tones as well as the general error patterns, and compare the performance of recognizing/perceiving two Cantonese easily confused level tones, i.e., the mid-level tone (Tone 3) and the low-level tone (Tone 6). Secondly, I will show behaviorally how different types of contexts (speech vs. nonspeech) influence Cantonese level tone perception, and illustrate the importance of speech context for Cantonese level tone perception. Finally, I will discuss the time course of context effect of Cantonese level tone perception using event-relation potential (ERP) measurements, and the possible cognitive processing underlying those ERP components.
Playback: Zoom Video of Prof. LEE Tan and Dr. PENG Gang's lectures
