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Direct linkWang, Tianlin; Potter, Christine E.; Saffran, Jenny R. – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Adults typically struggle to perceive non-native sound contrasts, especially those that conflict with their first language. Do the same challenges persist when the sound contrasts overlap but do not conflict? To address this question, we explored the acquisition of lexical tones. While tonal variations are present in many languages, they are only…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Mandarin Chinese, Auditory Perception, Intonation
Au, Terry Kit-fong – Language Learning and Development, 2013
Children cannot learn to speak a language simply from occasional noninteractive exposure to native speakers' input (e.g., by hearing television dialogues), but can they learn something about its phonology? To answer this question, the present study varied ambient hearing experience for 126 5- to 7-year-old native Cantonese-Chinese speakers…
Descriptors: Singing, Linguistic Input, Phonology, Sino Tibetan Languages
