The effect of acoustic information of lexical tones on non-native listeners' tonal identifications

Authors

  • Connie Kwok Lai So Dept. of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada

Keywords:

Computer simulation, Natural language processing systems, Speech analysis, Speech processing, Speech recognition, Vocabulary control, Lexical tones, Mandarin tones, Perception training, Tone identification

Abstract

The role of acoustic information in the perception training of Mandarin tones was examined. The results indicate that using acoustic information as feedback during a short-span training significantly improves listeners' performance in tonal identifications, and that the pattern of improvement was consistently observed for each lexical tone. A further examination in listeners' speech productions would be desirable to find out if these learners were able to produce the tones according to the acoustic information that they have received during training.

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Published

2003-09-01

How to Cite

1.
So CKL. The effect of acoustic information of lexical tones on non-native listeners’ tonal identifications. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2003 Sep. 1 [cited 2025 Feb. 19];31(3):46-7. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/1543

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 3 (2003)

Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

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