scholarly journals Effects of Semantic Context and Fundamental Frequency Contours on Mandarin Speech Recognition by Second Language Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linjun Zhang ◽  
Yu Li ◽  
Han Wu ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Hua Shu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Fundamental Frequency ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Semantic Context ◽  
Mandarin Speech Recognition

Processing of word-level stress by Mandarin-speaking second language learners of English

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHEN QIN ◽  
YU-FU CHIEN ◽  
ANNIE TREMBLAY
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Fundamental Frequency ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
American English ◽  
Cue Weighting ◽  
Taiwan Mandarin ◽  
Word Level ◽  
Suprasegmental Cues ◽  
Stress Experiment

ABSTRACTThis study investigates whether second language learners’ processing of stress can be explained by the degree to which suprasegmental cues contribute to lexical identity in the native language. It focuses on Standard Mandarin, Taiwan Mandarin, and American English listeners’ processing of stress in English nonwords. In Mandarin, fundamental frequency contributes to lexical identity by signaling lexical tones, but only in Standard Mandarin does duration distinguish stressed–unstressed and stressed–stressed words. Participants completed sequence-recall tasks containing English disyllabic nonwords contrasting in stress. Experiment 1 used natural stimuli; Experiment 2 used resynthesized stimuli that isolated fundamental frequency and duration cues. Experiment 1 revealed no difference among the groups; in Experiment 2, Standard Mandarin listeners used duration more than Taiwan Mandarin listeners did. These results are interpreted within a cue-weighting theory of speech perception.

A longitudinal ERP study of language effects in beginning second language learners

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine J. Midgley ◽  
Laura N. Soskey ◽  
Phillip J. Holcomb ◽  
Jonathan Grainger
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Language Effects
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