NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 202414
Since 2021 (last 5 years)65
Since 2016 (last 10 years)133
Since 2006 (last 20 years)207
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 61 to 75 of 207 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tang, Ping; Yuen, Ivan; Xu Rattanasone, Nan; Gao, Liqun; Demuth, Katherine – Journal of Child Language, 2019
Weak syllables in Germanic and Romance languages have been reported to be challenging for young children, with syllable omission and/or incomplete reduction persisting till age five. In Mandarin Chinese, neutral tone (T0) involves a weak syllable with varied pitch realizations across (preceding) tonal contexts and short duration. The present study…
Descriptors: Syllables, Mandarin Chinese, Tone Languages, Intonation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Singh, Leher; Wewalaarachchi, Thilanga D. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Most children learn a language such as Mandarin Chinese that uses lexical tone to communicate meaning. This study aimed to examine the phonological specificity of tone representations in monolingual and bilingual learners of Mandarin. Two age-groups were tested: toddlers (2.5 to 3.5 years) and preschoolers (4 to 5 years; N = 80). Using a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Speakers, Tone Languages, Word Recognition
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mok, Peggy Pik Ki; Fung, Holly Sze Ho; Li, Vivian Guo – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: Previous studies showed early production precedes late perception in Cantonese tone acquisition, contrary to the general principle that perception precedes production in child language. How tone production and perception are linked in 1st language acquisition remains largely unknown. Our study revisited the acquisition of tone in…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Language Acquisition, Perception, Child Language
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mok, Peggy Pik Ki; Lee, Albert – Journal of Child Language, 2018
Previous studies on bilingual children found intact tonal development at the initial stages of interaction between Cantonese and English in successive bilingual children, whereas children exposed to both languages from birth have not been studied in this regard. We examined the production of Cantonese tones by five simultaneous bilingual children…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Tone Languages, Sino Tibetan Languages, English
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Xi, Jie; Xu, Hongkai; Zhu, Ying; Zhang, Linjun; Shu, Hua; Zhang, Yang – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Although acquisition of Chinese lexical tones by second language (L2) learners has been intensively investigated, very few studies focused on categorical perception (CP) of lexical tones by highly proficient L2 learners. This study was designed to address this issue with behavioral and electrophysiological measures. Method: Behavioral…
Descriptors: Chinese, Intonation, Tone Languages, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hong, Szu-Wei; Chan, Roger W. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study examined the acoustic properties of Taiwanese (Southern Min) lexical tones produced in esophageal speech (ES) and pneumatic artificial laryngeal speech (PAL), including onset fundamental frequency (F0), slope of F0 contour, duration, and amplitude (intensity) of the vowel portion of syllables carrying seven Taiwanese tones.…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Speech Communication, Intonation, Vowels
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Morgan Sleeper; Griselda Reyes Basurto – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2022
This study introduces a new methodology for integrating musical and linguistic data in language documentation, using ABC notation and open-source tools like ELAN and MuseScore. Designed for portability and exportability, and to facilitate both linguistic analysis and community-oriented material development, this methodology is used here to explore…
Descriptors: Music, Linguistics, Language Research, Language Maintenance
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wiener, Seth; Chan, Marjorie K. M.; Ito, Kiwako – Modern Language Journal, 2020
This study examines the putative benefits of explicit phonetic instruction, high variability phonetic training, and their effects on adult nonnative speakers' Mandarin tone productions. Monolingual first language (L1) English speakers (n = 80), intermediate second language (L2) Mandarin learners (n = 40), and L1 Mandarin speakers (n = 40) took…
Descriptors: Phonetics, English, Mandarin Chinese, Tone Languages
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shaw, Jason A.; Chen, Wei-rong; Proctor, Michael I.; Derrick, Donald – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: Models of speech production often abstract away from shared physiology in pitch control and lingual articulation, positing independent control of tone and vowel units. We assess the validity of this assumption in Mandarin Chinese by evaluating the stability of lingual articulation for vowels across variation in tone. Method:…
Descriptors: Tone Languages, Vowels, Mandarin Chinese, Articulation (Speech)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Holt, Colleen M.; Lee, Kathy Y. S.; Dowell, Richard C.; Vogel, Adam P. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess Cantonese word recognition and the discrimination of Cantonese tones with manipulated contours by child and adolescent cochlear implant (CI) users and a group of peers with normal hearing (NH). It was hypothesized that the CI users would perform more poorly than their counterparts with NH in both…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Sino Tibetan Languages, Word Recognition, Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wiener, Seth; Bradley, Evan D. – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Lexical tone languages like Mandarin Chinese require listeners to discriminate among different pitch patterns. A syllable spoken with a rising pitch (e.g. "b[i-acute]" 'nose') carries a different meaning than the same syllable spoken with a falling pitch (e.g. "b[i with grave]" 'arm'). For native speakers (L1) of a non-tonal…
Descriptors: Intonation, Mandarin Chinese, Tone Languages, English
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McAndrews, Mark – Language Teaching Research, 2023
In many English language teaching contexts, listening activities resemble listening comprehension tests. Scholars have argued that this product-oriented approach is not particularly effective in helping learners improve their listening skills and have advocated for the inclusion of instruction that targets specific features of spoken language. The…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intonation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Nel, Norma Margaret; Krog, Soezin – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
Mandarin has been added to the list of second additional languages (SAL) that South African learners can choose from. The researchers proactively conducted research pertaining to SAL (Mandarin) since it is a dynamic phenomenon in South Africa. The research question was formulated as follows: "Do factors such as 1) phonemic differences between…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonetics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tang, Ping; Xu Rattanasone, Nan; Yuen, Ivan; Gao, Liqun; Demuth, Katherine – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Phonological processes result in surface variants of the same words across phonological contexts, posing potential word learning challenges for children. Mandarin tone sandhi is a tonal process changing Tone 3 (T3) in different tonal and syntactic contexts, resulting in allophonic variants of T3 in connected speech. Previous studies found that…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Phonology, Language Acquisition, Young Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tang, Ping; Yuen, Ivan; Rattanasone, Nan Xu; Gao, Liqun; Demuth, Katherine – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: Children with cochlear implants (CIs) face challenges in acquiring tonal languages, as CIs do not efficiently code pitch information. Mandarin is a tonal language with lexical tones and tonal processes such as neutral tone and tone sandhi, exhibiting contextually conditioned tonal realizations. Previous studies suggest that early…
Descriptors: Children, Assistive Technology, Preschool Children, Deafness
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  ...  |  14