Acquisition and interpretation of mandarin speech prosody by native speakers and cantonese learners

Xi Chen; Si Chen

doi:10.1109/APSIPAASC47483.2019.9023265

Acquisition and interpretation of mandarin speech prosody by native speakers and cantonese learners

Xi Chen
, Si Chen

Department of Language Science and Technology

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

Abstract

This study aims to test the ability to match acoustic cues to different focus types and positions by advanced Cantonese L2 learners of Mandarin under the modalities of auditory-only and visual-auditory. Following the design by [29], participants were instructed to make a 5-Likert response to rate their preferences for the conversations they heard. Results show that visual-aids facilitated the perception of prosody; L2 learners showed fewer difficulties in differentiating narrow and contrastive focus than native Mandarin speakers. These findings provide significances for prosodic perception, second language acquisition and bilingual education.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1800-1809
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728132488
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APSIPAASC47483.2019.9023265
Publication status	Published - 5 Mar 2020
Event	2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019 - Lanzhou, China Duration: 18 Nov 2019 → 21 Nov 2019

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Name	2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019

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Conference	2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019
Country/Territory	China
City	Lanzhou
Period	18/11/19 → 21/11/19

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Chen, X., & Chen, S. (2020). Acquisition and interpretation of mandarin speech prosody by native speakers and cantonese learners. In Proceedings of 2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019 (pp. 1800-1809). Article 9023265 (2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/APSIPAASC47483.2019.9023265

Chen, Xi ; Chen, Si. / Acquisition and interpretation of mandarin speech prosody by native speakers and cantonese learners. Proceedings of 2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 1800-1809 (2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019).

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Chen X, Chen S. Acquisition and interpretation of mandarin speech prosody by native speakers and cantonese learners. In Proceedings of 2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. p. 1800-1809. 9023265. (2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2019). doi: 10.1109/APSIPAASC47483.2019.9023265

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