Native speakers of Mandarin Chinese have difficulty producing native-like English stress
contrasts. Acoustically, English lexical stress is multidimensional, involving manipulation of
fundamental frequency (F0), duration, intensity and vowel quality. Errors in any or all of
these correlates could interfere with perception of the stress contrast, but it is unknown which
correlates are most problematic for Mandarin speakers. This study compares the use of
these correlates in the production of lexical stress contrasts by 10 Mandarin and 10 native …