Discrimination of Tone Contrasts in Mandarin Disyllables by Naive American English Listeners

Autor/in	Berkowitz, Shari Salzhauer
Titel	Discrimination of Tone Contrasts in Mandarin Disyllables by Naive American English Listeners
Quelle	(2010), (80 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, City University of New York
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-1242-5329-9
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; North American English; Native Speakers; Auditory Stimuli; Syllables; Mandarin Chinese; Control Groups; Intonation; Auditory Perception; Phonemes; Acoustics; Phonetics; Auditory Discrimination; Scores + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Amerikanisches Englisch; Muttersprachler; Auditive Stimulation; Silbe; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Fonem; Phonetik; Fonetik
Abstract	The present study examined the perception of Mandarin disyllabic tones by inexperienced American English speakers. Participants heard two naturally-produced Mandarin disyllables, and indicated if the two were the same or different. A small native Mandarin-speaking control group participated as well. All 21 possible Mandarin contrasts where the initial syllable varied but the final syllable stayed the same were tested. Acoustic analysis was performed on the stimuli under study. Mandarin subjects scored at ceiling on all contrasts. American English subjects performed poorly on contrasts where the difference in mean F0 was small, or where the difference in the offset F0 of the first syllable was small. They also performed poorly when the difference in slope of the final syllable was small. Previous research has proposed that American English listeners attend primarily to the height difference between two tone stimuli, but here they attended to height in the first syllable and contour in the second syllable. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10