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Asymmetry in Mandarin Affricate Perception by Learners of Mandarin Chinese
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Lai, Yi-hsiu – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2009
Six Mandarin affricates (i.e., zh[ts], ch[ts[superscript h]], z[ts], c[ts[superscript h]], j[tc], q[tc[superscript h]), which are not universally present in other languages, have been extensively challenging for learners of Mandarin Chinese. In the current study, perception of these affricates was investigated via an experiment in which native…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Auditory Perception, Phonemes