Universality and language-specific experience in the perception of lexical tone and pitch
Two experiments focus on Thai tone perception by native speakers of tone languages (Thai,
Cantonese, and Mandarin), a pitch–accent (Swedish), and a nontonal (English) language. In …
Cantonese, and Mandarin), a pitch–accent (Swedish), and a nontonal (English) language. In …
The tone atlas of perceptual discriminability and perceptual distance: Four tone languages and five language groups
Some prior investigations suggest that tone perception is flexible, reasonably independent
of native phonology, whereas others suggest it is constrained by native phonology. We …
of native phonology, whereas others suggest it is constrained by native phonology. We …
Effects of phonetic similarity in the identification of Mandarin tones
Tonal languages differ in how they use phonetic correlates eg average pitch height and
pitch direction, for tonal contrasts. Thus, native speakers of a tonal language may need to …
pitch direction, for tonal contrasts. Thus, native speakers of a tonal language may need to …
[PDF][PDF] The perception study of Mandarin Tone 1 and Tone 4 by Hong Kong Cantonese speakers: The pitch effects
MZY Liu - 2015 - internationalphoneticassociation.org
Mandarin has four lexical tones and Hong Kong Cantonese has six lexical tones. The pitch
pattern of T1 and T4 in Mandarin is high level and high falling. According to the results of …
pattern of T1 and T4 in Mandarin is high level and high falling. According to the results of …
[引用][C] The processing of non-native word prosodic cues: A cross-linguistic study
S Hu - 2021 - Utrecht University