Accidental gaps in Mandarin Chinese tones

2018 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 1908-1908
Author(s):  
Shao-Jie Jin ◽  
Yu-an Lu
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Mandarin Chinese Tones

The impact of spectral resolution on the mismatch response to Mandarin Chinese tones: An ERP study of cochlear implant simulations

2014 ◽  
Vol 125 (8) ◽  
pp. 1568-1575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-ching Kuo ◽  
Chia-Ying Lee ◽  
Man-Chun Chen ◽  
Tzu-Ling Liu ◽  
Shih-kuen Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Spectral Resolution ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mandarin Chinese Tones

Categorical Perception of Mandarin Chinese Tones 1–2 and Tones 1–4: Effects of Aging and Signal Duration

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 3667-3677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxia Wang ◽  
Xiaohu Yang ◽  
Chang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Categorical Perception ◽  
Aging Effect ◽  
Signal Duration ◽  
F0 Contour ◽  
Identification Function ◽  
Effects Of Aging ◽  
Tone Discrimination ◽  
Mandarin Tone ◽  
Mandarin Chinese Tones

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the aging effect on the categorical perception of Mandarin Chinese tones with varied fundamental frequency (F0) contours and signal duration. Method Both younger and older native Chinese listeners with normal hearing were recruited in 2 experiments: tone identification and tone discrimination on a series of stimuli with the F0 contour systematically varying from the flat tone to the rising–falling tones. Apart from F0 contour, tone duration was manipulated at 3 levels: 100, 200, and 400 ms. Results Results suggested that, compared with younger listeners, older listeners performed with shallower slope in the identification function and smaller peakedness in the discrimination function, particularly for Tones 1 and 2, whereas for Tones 1 and 4, comparable categorical perception was found between younger and older listeners. Conclusions The current study suggested that longer duration facilitated categorical perception in the flat–rising tones for the older listeners. Such an aging effect was not found with the flat–falling tones, suggesting that the aging-related deficit in categorical perception might relate to different tone types. Aging resulted in less categoricality of Mandarin tone perception for the flat–rising tones with short duration like 100 ms, possibly due to the aging-related decline in temporal processing.

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