Tone Acquisition by Different Types of Learners

This research project investigates the non-tonal language (English, Japanese and Korean) learners” acquisition of Chinese tones.2,024 disyllabic tonal productions made by the three types of learners are examined from a new perspective of universal phonological constraints and the similarities and differences of the tonal error patterns are analyzed.Based on the results of the experiments, this study provides pedagogical implications for the development of tone teaching materials.
Chinese tone acquisition universal grammar English,Japanese,Korean,teaching materials
Hang Zhang
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
国内会议
杭州
英文
12-18
2012-06-27(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)