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Pelzl, Eric; Lau, Ellen F.; Jackson, Scott R.; Guo, Taomei; Gor, Kira – Language Learning, 2021
Previous event-related potentials (ERP) research has investigated how foreign accent modulates listeners' neural responses to lexical-semantic and morphosyntactic errors. We extended this line of research to consider whether pronunciation errors in Mandarin Chinese are processed differently when a foreign-accented speaker makes them relative to…
Descriptors: Intonation, Mandarin Chinese, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Pronunciation
Definite Discourse--New Reference in L1 and L2: A Study of Bridging in Mandarin, Korean, and English
Crosthwaite, Peter Robert – Language Learning, 2014
Definite expressions may be used to introduce a referent into discourse when their familiarity between speaker and listener can be inferred, a strategy known as bridging. However, for a number of reasons, bridging may be difficult to acquire compared to the acquisition of indefinite introductions for noninferable referent types, with the native…
Descriptors: Korean, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Mandarin Chinese

Yuan, Boping – Language Learning, 1995
Investigated the acquisition of base-generated topics in Mandarin Chinese by British students learning Chinese. The hypothesis is not confirmed that it would not be difficult for English speakers to acquire the base-generated topic in Chinese because in the acquisition of Chinese, English-speaking learners are exposed to positive evidence of…
Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar