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Perception of Cantonese lexical tones by Japanese non-learners and learners of Mandarin
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Wong, Yee Ann |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | This study examined the perception of the six Cantonese lexical tones by Japanese listeners who are naïve to tone languages and Japanese-speaking L2 learners of Mandarin. Their performance on an AXB discrimination task was analyzed. The results showed that the L2 learner group performed slightly better in general, which suggest the L2 experience of lexical tones can be advantageous for the perception of L3 tones. However, the A-prime scores revealed that their performance only differed significantly for some acoustically easy pairs. They performed no better than the naïve group for pairs with a high degree of phonetic similarity. Specifically, both groups showed high perceptual confusion of acoustically hard pairs within the level-level pairs (T3-T6 and T1-T6) as well as the rise-level tone pair (T2-T5). In addition, the discrimination was generally better when the speaker gender was male. The L2 learners appeared to be more resistant to speaker gender variation. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://icphs2019.org/icphs2019-fullpapers/pdf/full-paper_517.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/papers/ICPhS_3916.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
