Songs as an aid for language acquisition

被引:138
作者
Schon, Daniele [1 ,2 ]
Boyer, Maud [3 ]
Sylvain, Moreno [1 ,2 ]
Besson, Mireille [1 ,2 ]
Peretz, Isabelle [4 ]
Kolinsky, Regine [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Mediterranee, CNRS, INCM, F-13420 Marseille, France
[2] Univ Mediterranee, F-13420 Marseille, France
[3] ULB, Unite Rech & Neurosco Cognit, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[4] Univ Montreal, Dept Psychol, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
关键词
statistical learning; language; music; song;
D O I
10.1016/j.cognition.2007.03.005
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
In previous research, Saffran and colleagues [Saffran, J. R., Aslin, R. N., & Newport, E. L. (1996). Statistical learning by 8-month-old infants. Science, 274, 1926-1928; Saffran, J. R., Newport, E. L., & Aslin, R. N. (1996). Word segmentation: The role of distributional cues. Journal of Memory and Language, 35, 606-621.] have shown that adults and infants can use the statistical properties of syllable sequences to extract words from continuous speech. They also showed that a similar learning mechanism operates with musical stimuli [Saffran, J. R., Johnson, R. E. K., Aslin, N., & Newport, E. L. (1999). Abstract Statistical learning of tone sequences by human infants and adults. Cognition, 70, 27-52.]. In this work we combined linguistic and musical information and we compared language learning based on speech sequences to language learning based on sung sequences. We hypothesized that, compared to speech sequences, a consistent mapping of linguistic and musical information would enhance learning. Results confirmed the hypothesis showing a strong learning facilitation of song compared to speech. Most importantly, the present results show that learning a new language, especially in the first learning phase wherein one needs to segment new words, may largely benefit of the motivational and structuring properties of music in song. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:975 / 983
页数:9
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