Temporal Cues of Discourse Boundaries in L1/L2 Mandarin Speech
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This paper investigated the temporal cues of discourse boundaries in L1 and L2 Mandarin speech. Spontaneous speech in this study was elicited by asking subjects to retell a short non-verbal film, the Pear Story (Chafe 1980), after watching. The findings of the study are that 1) for L1 Mandarin speech, final syllable lengthening is a salient cue of prosodic boundaries and the pre-boundary syllable was lengthened the most; but the syllable lengthening does not reflect the discourse hierarchy. In addition, silent pause is another cue in L1 Mandarin speech and can reflect the discourse hierarchy; 2) for advanced American learners, final syllable lengthening is not a salient cue of prosodic boundaries, whereas silent pause duration is a salient temporal cue in L2 speech and can reflect the discourse hierarchy of L2 speech.
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