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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483559503321

Autore

Yang Bei

Titolo

Perception and Production of Mandarin Tones by Native Speakers and L2 Learners / / by Bei Yang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-662-44645-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

410

490

495.1

Soggetti

Chinese language

Language and languages

Chinese

Asian Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Literature Review -- Variables and Pitch Normalization -- Native Speakers’ Production -- Native Speakers’ Perception -- Non-native Speakers’ Perception -- Non-native Speakers’ Production -- Implications.  .

Sommario/riassunto

Tones are the most challenging aspect of learning Chinese as a second language, and L2 learners’ perceptual categories differ in important and fascinating ways from those of native speakers. This book explores the relationship between tone perception and production among native speakers and non-native learners as illustrated in the experiments the author conducted with native speakers, true learners and heritage learners, all of whom were tested on their ability to produce tones naturally and to perceive 81 synthesized tones in various contexts. The experiments show that each group processes tones differently with regard to both register (tonal level) and contour (tonal shape). The results also reveal how three types of cues – acoustic, psychological and contextual – influence non-native speakers’ tone perception and



production.