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Linguistics: Recent submissions
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The Effects of Speaking Rate on Mandarin Tones
(University of Kansas, 2008-05-05)This study examined the acoustic changes of speaking rate on Mandarin tones. 8 native Mandarin speakers produced 17 Chinese words with four tones at slow, normal and fast speaking rate. Acoustic parameters, such as consonant ... -
The role of lexical tone in spoken word recognition of Chinese
(University of Kansas, 2008-03-17)The present study used a direct priming task in order to investigate the nature and processing of tonal information in spoken word recognition of Chinese. Two experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1, prime-target pairs ... -
Improving the Perception of Foreign-Accented Speech through Training: A Comparison of Word and Sentence Materials
(University of Kansas, 2008-05-22)This study was conducted to test whether three days of high variability training consisting of either word-only or sentence-only materials would most effectively improve native listener accuracy for non-native speakers. ...