Purpose The purpose of this review article is to synthesize evidence from the fields of
developmental linguistics and cochlear implant technology relevant to the production and …

Fundamental frequency (ƒ 0), perceived as pitch, is the first and arguably most salient
auditory component humans are exposed to since the beginning of life. It carries multiple …

To learn words, infants must be sensitive to native phonological contrast. While lexical tone
predominates as a source of phonemic contrast in human languages, there has been little …

Two priming experiments examined the separate contribution of lexical tone and segmental
information in the processing of spoken words in Mandarin Chinese. Experiment 1 …

Successful listening in a second language (L2) involves learning to identify the relevant
acoustic–phonetic dimensions that differentiate between words in the L2, and then use …

Phonetic imitation has been found to be mediated by phonological contrast. For features
whose values vary around a phonological prototype, the imitation is distorted by the …

Mandarin perceivers were tested in visual lexical-tone identification before and after
learning. Baseline performance was only slightly above chance, although there appeared to …

This study examines brain responses to boundary effects with respect to Mandarin lexical
tone continua for three groups of adult listeners:(1) native English speakers who took …

The end-result of perceptual reorganization in infancy is currently viewed as a reconfigured
perceptual space,“warped” around native-language phonetic categories, which then acts as …

Abstract In Standard Chinese, a low tone (Tone3) is often realized with a rising F0 contour
before another low tone; this tone change is known as the 3rd tone sandhi. This study …