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Acquisition of Chinese as a second language pronunciation : segments and prosody
- Conferences
- North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (32nd : 2020 : Online)
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- Online
- Summary
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This book is the first edited book to cover a wide range of issues related to Chinese as a second language (CSL) speech, including tone and segment acquisition and processing, categorical perceptio...
This book is the first edited book to cover a wide range of issues related to Chinese as a second language (CSL) speech, including tone and segment acquisition and processing, categorical perception of tones, CSL fluency, CSL intelligibility/comprehensibility and accentedness, and pronunciation pedagogy. Moreover, the book addresses both theoretical and pedagogical issues. It offers an essential go-to book for anyone who is interested in CSL speech, e.g. CSL speech researchers, Chinese instructors, CSL learners, and anyone interested in second language speech.
Details
- Creator
- Chunsheng Yang, editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Singapore : Springer, [2021]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9789811538094, 9811538093, 9811538085, 9789811538087, 9811538085, 9789811538087
- OCLC
- on1243261429
- "This volume emerged from the 32nd North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-32) held at the University of Connecticut. NACCL-32 was originally scheduled for April 24-26, 2020, which was postponed to September 18-20, 2020, due to the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US in March 2020. In September 2020, the conference was moved online to ensure the safety and health of all participants. The contributors of this book were not limited to NACCL-32 participants; experts and researchers in Chinese as a second language (CSL) phonetics,phonology and pronunciation in both the US and China were invited to contribute"--Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Production of the Mandarin Rhotic Onset by Indonesian Learners of Mandarin -- What is in the Final Stage of Inter-Language? Tone Errors and Phonological Constraints in Spontaneous Speech in Very Advanced Learners of Mandarin -- Categorical Perception of Mandarin Tones by Native and Second Language Speakers -- What if What You Think is the Opposite of What I Say? Evidence from Putonghua/Lanzhou Bidialectal Speakers on the Online Processing of Two Tonal Systems -- The Effect of Perceptual Training on Teaching Mandarin Chinese Tones -- Tone Category Learning Should Serve Tone Word Learning: An Experiment of Integrating Pronunciation Teaching in the L2 Chinese Curriculum -- "Repeat After Me": Is There a Better Way to Correct Tone Errors in Teaching Mandarin Chinese as a Second Language? -- Duration of Disyllabic Words Produced by Russian Learners of Chinese -- How Does Mandarin Learning Experience Modulate Second-Language Learners' Phonological Knowledge of Tone 3Sandhi in Word Production? -- Intelligibility, Comprehensibility, Accentedness, and Fluency The Effect of Fundamental Frequency on Mandarin Intelligibility by L2 Learners in Quiet and Noise Environments: A Pilot Study -- Effects of Segments, Intonation and Rhythm on the Perception of L2 Accentedness and Comprehensibility -- Foreign Accent in Second Language Mandarin Chinese -- Exploring Fluency and Disfluency Features of Oral Performances in Chinese as a Second Language -- The Role of Vocabulary Knowledge in Second Language Speaking Fluency: A Mixed-Methods Study