Cantonese has six lexical tones (T), but some tone pairs appear to be merging: T2 [25] vs.
T5 [23], T3 [33] vs. T6 [22], and T4 [21] vs. T6 [22]. Twenty-eight merging participants and …

This paper examines the tone-merging phenomenon in Hong Kong Cantonese. Both
perception and production tasks were administered to 120 participants with ages ranging …

Heritage speakers contend with at least two languages: the less dominant first language
(L1), that is, the heritage language, and the more dominant second language (L2). In some …

Purpose Auditory training is important in pedagogical and clinical settings. In search of a
more effective perceptual program for training new suprasegmental categories, this study …

This study investigates tone mergers in the Cantonese spoken in Hong Kong, Macao, and
Zhuhai. From these three cities, 150 native Cantonese speakers were recruited, stratified by …

Cantonese stands out from other Chinese dialects by having a complex tonal system.
However, this complex tonal system has been reported to be in the process of merging …

This work reports on the construction of a corpus of connected spoken Hong Kong
Cantonese. The corpus aims at providing an additional resource for the study of modern …

Traditionally, there are five lexical tones in Taiyuan dialect including one rising tone and four
falling tones, but previous studies have shown that some speakers merged the four falling …

Traditionally, there are five lexical tones in Taiyuan dialect, but previous studies have shown
that some speakers merged the four falling tones T1/T2/T4/T5 in the production. The current …

Cantonese has six lexical tones (T), but the two rising tones T2 (high-rising) and T5 (low-
rising) appear to be merging in Hong Kong Cantonese. Both production and perception …