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Chen, Hsueh Chu – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2015
This paper includes two interrelated studies. The first production study investigates the timing patterns of English as spoken by Chinese learners with different dialect backgrounds. The second comprehension study explores native and non-native speakers' assessments of the intelligibility of Chinese-accented English, and examines the effects of…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Phonetics, Native Language, Chinese
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Kuo, Li-Jen; Anderson, Richard C. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
Drawing on structural sensitivity theory, the current study investigated monolingual and bilingual children's ability to learn how phonemes combine to form acceptable syllables in a new language. A total of 186 monolingual and bilingual kindergarteners, first graders, and second graders in Taiwan participated in the study. Bilingual children,…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries, Grade 2
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Lin, Lu-Chun; Johnson, Cynthia J. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
Adele Miccio recognized the paucity of information on the phonological development of children from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and emphasized the need to apply advances in bilingual phonological research toward an appropriate phonological measure for bilingual children. In the spirit of her pioneering work, the present study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Monolingualism, Mandarin Chinese, Language Acquisition
Hsiao, Yuchau E. – 1991
There are two facets to the lyric rhythm of Taiwanese folk songs: beat alignment and metrical pattern selection. Because the lyrics are metrically derived from classical Chinese verse, a prosodic line may have syllable-beat symmetry. However, syllable-beat mismatches are also common. Lexical syllables have preference over functor syllables in beat…
Descriptors: Chinese, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Folk Culture
Jannedy, Stefanie, Ed. – Working Papers in Linguistics, 1995
Reports of research in phonetics and psycholinguistics include: "Interaction with Autonomy: Defining Multiple Output Models in Psycholinguistic Theories" (Julie E. Boland, Anne Cutler); "Vocal Tract Evolution and Vowel Production" (K. Bretonnel Cohen); "Final Lowering in Kipare" (Rebecca Herman); "Gestural…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Articulation (Speech), Bantu Languages, Chinese