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Lee, Chao-Yang; Tao, Liang; Bond, Z. S. – Language and Speech, 2010
This study investigated identification of fragmented Mandarin tones by non-native listeners. Monosyllabic Mandarin words were digitally processed to generate intact, silent-center, center-only, and onset-only syllables. The syllables were recorded with two carrier phrases such that the offset of the carrier tone and the onset of the target tone…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Suprasegmentals, Identification, Mandarin Chinese
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Kabak, Baris; Idsardi, William J. – Language and Speech, 2007
We present the results from an experiment that tests the perception of English consonantal sequences by Korean speakers and we confirm that perceptual epenthesis in a second language (L2) arises from syllable structure restrictions of the first language (L1), rather than linear co-occurrence restrictions. Our study replicates and extends Dupoux,…
Descriptors: Speech, Syllables, Auditory Perception, Hypothesis Testing