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Lexical Tone Gestures
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Yi, Hao – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation investigates the lexical f[subscript 0] control in Mandarin within the framework of Articulatory Phonology (AP) in two experiments: an imitation study (Experiment 1) and an Electromagnetic Articulography production study (Experiment 2). Empirical results are accounted for by making reference to a gestural model of f[subscript o]…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Intonation, Tone Languages, Language Patterns
Observing Pitch Gestures Favors the Learning of Spanish Intonation by Mandarin Speakers
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Yuan, Chenjie; González-Fuente, Santiago; Baills, Florence; Prieto, Pilar – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Recent studies on the learning of L2 prosody have suggested that pitch gestures can enhance the learning of the L2 lexical tones. Yet it remains unclear whether the use of these gestures can aid the learning of L2 intonation, especially by tonal-language speakers. Sixty-four Mandarin speakers with basic-level Spanish were asked to learn three…
Descriptors: Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
'What Does an "O" Say When There's No "E" at the End?' Parents' Reading-Related Knowledge and Feedback during Child-to-Parent Reading
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Segal, Aviva; Martin-Chang, Sandra – Journal of Research in Reading, 2019
Background: Although a large body of research has investigated teachers' reading-related knowledge and associated pedagogical practices, comparatively little is known about these factors in parents. Therefore, the present study examined the association between parental reading-related knowledge and feedback during child-to-parent reading. Methods:…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary
Das Zeichensystem Sprache: Zur Behandlung zeichentheoretischer Fragestellungen auf der Unterstufe (The Symbol-System Language: On the Treatment of Symbol-Theoretical Inquiries in the Lower Grades)
Putz, Hans-Henning – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1973
Descriptors: Acoustics, Instructional Program Divisions, Language, Language Patterns
On the Relationship of Speech to Language.
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Cutting, James E.; Kavanagh, James F. – Asha, A Journal of the American Speech and Hearing Association, 1976
A framework which considers speech and language as separate entities in a symbiotic relationship is presented, and basic questions are raised concerning how speech and language function together and what their reciprocal effects are. Based on the notion that speech and language are independent, various examples of speech without language and of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language, Language Patterns
The Role of Speech in Language.
Kavanagh, James F., Ed.; Cutting, James E., Ed. – 1975
This book reports the proceedings of the conference on the role of speech in language, the fifth conference in the "Communicating by Language" Series, sponsored by the Growth and Development Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The focus of the first group of papers is on the development of speech in man and…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language
Japanese/Korean Linguistics, Volume 8.
Silva, David J., Ed. – 1998
A collection of research in Japanese and Korean linguistics includes: "Repetition, Reformulation, and Definitions: Prosodic Indexes of Elaboration in Japanese" (Mieko Banno); "Projection of Talk Using Language, Intonation, Deictic and Iconic Gestures and Other Body Movements" (Keiko Emmett); "Turn-taking in Japanese…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Advertising, Bilingualism, Broadcast Television