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Hsu, Hsiu-ling – Language and Speech, 2011
This study aims to explore how the markedness effect shapes Mandarin slips of the tongue with respect to nasals in syllable-final positions. Data were collected via natural speech and elicitation tasks from 35 participants' reading of 346 test items. Three hundred and eight slips in Mandarin from natural data and 360 slips from elicited data were…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Articulation (Speech), Phonemes, Syllables
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Newman, Ellen Hamilton; Tardif, Twila; Huang, Jingyuan; Shu, Hua – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
The importance of phonological awareness for learning to read may depend on the linguistic properties of a language. This study provides a careful examination of this language-specific theory by exploring the role of phoneme-level awareness in Mandarin Chinese, a language with an orthography that, at its surface, appears to require little…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Monolingualism