Effects of tone training on Cantonese tone-word learning
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Cantonese tone word learning by tone and non-tone language speakers
Adult non-native perception is subject to influence from a variety of factors, including native language experience. The present research examines the effect of linguistic experience on non-native tone perception and tone word learning. Native Thai and English-speaking participants completed seven sessions of lexical identification training on words distinguished by Cantonese tones. A tone iden...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0001-4966
DOI: 10.1121/1.4812435