Original paper
Acquisition of weak syllables in tonal languages: acoustic evidence from neutral tone in Mandarin Chinese
Abstract
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 examined how and when T0 was acquired by 108 Beijing Mandarin-speaking children (3–5 years)...
Paper Details
Title
Acquisition of weak syllables in tonal languages: acoustic evidence from neutral tone in Mandarin Chinese
Published Date
Aug 2, 2018
Journal
Volume
46
Issue
1
Pages
24 - 50
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