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Direct linkWiener, 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
