ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
摘要 | 第5-6页 |
Abstract | 第6-11页 |
Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-20页 |
·Language and Music: History and Three Different Viewpoints | 第11-12页 |
·Shared Processing of Language and Music | 第12-16页 |
·Music and Early Language Acquisition | 第12-13页 |
·Linked Deficits between Language and Music | 第13-16页 |
·Two Distinct Processing Modules for Speech and Music | 第16-18页 |
·A Cautious Stand on Drawing Strong Connections | 第18-19页 |
·The Theoretical Basis of the Current Study | 第19-20页 |
Chapter 2 A Review of Previous Studies | 第20-32页 |
·Participants in Previous Studies | 第20-21页 |
·The Operational Definition in Previous Studies | 第21-22页 |
·Tests for Musical Abilities in Previous Studies | 第22-25页 |
·Standardized Receptive Tests for Musical Aptitude | 第22-24页 |
·Self-designed Productive Tests for Musical Aptitude | 第24-25页 |
·Tests for Language Abilities in Previous Studies | 第25-32页 |
·Self-designed Receptive Tests for Language Abilities | 第25-27页 |
·Self-designed Productive Tests for Language Abilities | 第27-30页 |
·A summary of Deficiencies in Self-designed Tests for Language Abilities | 第30-32页 |
Chapter 3 Research Design of the Current Study | 第32-45页 |
·Research Questions | 第32-33页 |
·Participants | 第33-34页 |
·Apparatus | 第34-35页 |
·The Pitch Processing Experiments | 第35-37页 |
·The Pitch Perception Tests | 第35-36页 |
·The Pitch Production Test | 第36-37页 |
·The Foreign Language Intonation Imitation Experiment | 第37-41页 |
·Suprasegmental Features of Language: Pitch, Tone, and Intonation | 第37-39页 |
·The Choice of English and Thai Stimuli | 第39-41页 |
·The Procedure of the Experiments | 第41-44页 |
·Instructions and Warming up | 第41-42页 |
·Experiment 1: The Foreign Language Intonation Imitation Experiment | 第42页 |
·Experiment 2: The Pitch Production Test | 第42页 |
·Experiment 3: The Pitch Perception Tests | 第42-43页 |
·An Investigation into Participants’ Musical Background | 第43-44页 |
·Summary | 第44-45页 |
Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Results | 第45-64页 |
·Initial Processing of Collected Recordings | 第45-47页 |
·Results of the Pitch Perception Tests and the Pitch Production Test | 第47-51页 |
·The Result of the Tonedeaf Test and the Result of the Adaptive Pitch Test | 第48-49页 |
·The Result of the Pitch Production Test | 第49-51页 |
·Results of the Foreign Language Intonation Imitation Experiment | 第51-59页 |
·The Pearson Correlation Coefficients of Participants’Imitations | 第51-53页 |
·Pitch Processing Abilities and Foreign Language Intonation Imitation Ability | 第53-55页 |
·Pitch Processing Abilities,Trial 1s and Trial 4s | 第55-58页 |
·Pitch Processing Abilities and Short-term Improvement | 第58-59页 |
·Summary and General Discussion | 第59-64页 |
·About the Findings in Section 4.3.2 | 第60-61页 |
·About the Findings in Section 4.3.3 | 第61-62页 |
·About the Findings in Section 4.3.4 | 第62-63页 |
·About the Answers to the Questionnaire | 第63-64页 |
Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
·Findings | 第64-65页 |
·Limitations, and Suggestions for Future Work | 第65-67页 |
References | 第67-72页 |
Appendixes | 第72-78页 |
Appendix A | 第72-73页 |
Appendix B | 第73-76页 |
Appendix C | 第76-77页 |
Appendix D | 第77-78页 |