I. Moen et K. Sundet, PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION OF WORD TONES (PITCH ACCENTS) IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT AND RIGHT-HEMISPHERE DAMAGE, Brain and language, 53(2), 1996, pp. 267-281
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics","Psychology, Experimental",Neurosciences
The present paper addresses the question of the functional lateralizat
ion of tones in tone languages. Tonal perception and production of rig
ht-hemisphere-damaged (RHD) and left-hemisphere-damaged (LHD) speakers
of East Norwegian were investigated. East Norwegian is a tone languag
e with an opposition between two tones (pitch accents). The ability to
distinguish auditorily between the two accents was normal in the RHD
group but reduced in the LHD group. Tonal production was near normal i
n the RHD group, whereas the LHD group tended to have a production def
icit. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.