The contrast between clear and plain speaking style for Mandarin tones

2021 ◽  
Vol 150 (6) ◽  
pp. 4464-4473
Author(s):  
Paul Tupper ◽  
Keith W. Leung ◽  
Yue Wang ◽  
Allard Jongman ◽  
Joan A. Sereno
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Tones ◽  
Speaking Style

Effects of Modality and Speaking Style on Mandarin Tone Identification by Non-Native Listeners

Phonetica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueqiao Han ◽  
Martijn Goudbeek ◽  
Maria Mos ◽  
Marc Swerts
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Efficient Learning ◽  
Mandarin Tones ◽  
Mandarin Tone ◽  
Speaking Style

Although the way tones are acquired by second or foreign language learners has attracted some scholarly attention, detailed knowledge of the factors that promote efficient learning is lacking. In this article, we look at the effect of visual cues (comparing audio-only with audio-visual presentations) and speaking style (comparing a natural speaking style with a teaching speaking style) on the perception of Mandarin tones by non-native listeners, looking both at the relative strength of these two factors and their possible interactions. Both the accuracy and reaction time of the listeners were measured in a task of tone identification. Results showed that participants in the audio-visual condition distinguished tones more accurately than participants in the audio-only condition. Interestingly, this varied as a function of speaking style, but only for stimuli from specific speakers. Additionally, some tones (notably tone 3) were recognized more quickly and accurately than others.

GAYA BICARA PADA STAF PENGAJAR JURUSAN AKUNTANSI POLITEKNIK NEGERI SEMARANG DI DALAM KEGIATAN PROSES BELAJAR MENGAJAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Pandiya Pandiya Pandiya ◽  
Nurul Hamida Hamida
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Applied Method ◽  
Presentation Method ◽  
Study Support ◽  
Speaking Style

This study aims to determine the extent to which the teaching staff in the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department applies a style of speech; i.e. either oratory, deliberative, consultative, relaxed, or intimate. The data collection is done by questionnaire and class observation. The population of this study consists of teaching staff at the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department. The data is more qualitative, which is more in the form of a description of the characteristics of the respondents and not much related to the numbers. Sampling technique is done by population, namely all teaching staff of Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department. Data analysis is carried out by a Likert Scale of 5. The results indicate that Consultative Speech is the style most widely applied by the Teaching Staff of the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department, while the oratoric speaking style is the least practiced style. Extemporan presentation method is the most widely applied method in the activities of the Teaching and Learning Process in the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department, while the impromptu method is the least applied method. The most widely used body language is a smile, while eye flicker is the least applied body language. The distance between the Teaching Staff and Students in the Teaching and Learning Process activities that are most widely applied are groups (125-350 cm), while the least applied distance is intimate (50 cm). The results of this study support the previous research that the use of Body Language greatly affects the success of the Teaching and Learning process.

Speaking style prosodic variation: an 8-hour 9-style corpus study

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Philippe Goldman ◽  
Tea Prs̈ir ◽  
George Christodoulides ◽  
Antoine Auchlin
Keyword(s):  
Corpus Study ◽  
Speaking Style

Aging Effects on Categorical Perception of Mandarin Lexical Tones in Noise

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Yuxia Wang ◽  
Xiaohu Yang ◽  
Hongwei Ding ◽  
Can Xu ◽  
Chang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Categorical Perception ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Aging Effects ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Lexical Tones ◽  
Tone Recognition ◽  
Ratio Condition ◽  
Mandarin Tones ◽  
Mandarin Tone ◽  
General Tone

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the aging effects on the categorical perception (CP) of Mandarin lexical Tones 1–4 and Tones 1–2 in noise. It also investigated whether listeners' categorical tone perception in noise correlated with their general tone identification of 20 natural vowel-plus-tone signals in noise. Method Twelve younger and 12 older listeners with normal hearing were recruited in both tone identification and discrimination tasks in a CP paradigm where fundamental frequency contours of target stimuli varied systematically from the flat tone (Tone 1) to the rising/falling tones (Tones 2/4). Both tasks were conducted in quiet and noise with signal-to-noise ratios set at −5 and −10 dB, respectively, and general tone identification of natural speech signals was also tested in noise conditions. Results Compared with younger listeners, older listeners had shallower identification slopes and smaller discrimination peakedness in Tones 1–2/4 perception in all listening conditions, except for Tones 1–4 perception in quiet where no group differences were found. Meanwhile, noise affected Tones 1–2/4 perception: The signal-to-noise ratio condition at −10 dB brought shallower slope in Tones 1–2/4 identification and less peakedness in Tones 1–4 discrimination for both listener groups. Older listeners' CP in noise, the identification slopes in particular, positively correlated with their general tone identification in noise, but such correlations were partially missing for younger listeners. Conclusions Both aging and the presence of speech-shaped noise significantly reduced the CP of Mandarin Tones 1–2/4. Listeners' Mandarin tone recognition may be related to their CP of Mandarin tones.

Feature Based Adaptation for Speaking Style Synthesis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xixin Wu ◽  
Lifa Sun ◽  
Shiyin Kang ◽  
Songxiang Liu ◽  
Zhiyong Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feature Based ◽  
Speaking Style
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