3-year-olds produce pitch contours consistent with Mandarin tone 3 sandhi

Nan Xu Rattanasone; Ping Tang; Ivan Yuen; Liqun Gao; Katherine Demuth

3-year-olds produce pitch contours consistent with Mandarin tone 3 sandhi

Nan Xu Rattanasone, Ping Tang, Ivan Yuen, Liqun Gao, Katherine Demuth

Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS)

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Abstract

Few studies have examined the acoustic properties of children’s tonal productions. This study examined the productions of lexical tone and Tone 3 sandhi from 27 Mandarin-speaking 3- year-olds. Mandarin is a language with four lexical tones, T1 high level, T2 rising, T3 dipping and T4 falling, and both Full and Half Tone 3 sandhi processes. The results showed that 3- year-olds are producing all four lexical tones and tone sandhi, at least for lexicalized forms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
Subtitle of host publication	SST 2016
Editors	Christopher Carignan, Michael D. Tyler
Place of Publication	Canberra
Publisher	Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA)
Pages	5-8
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (16th : 2016) - Parramatta, Australia Duration: 6 Dec 2016 → 9 Dec 2016 Conference number: 16th

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
ISSN (Electronic)	2207-1296

Conference

Conference	Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (16th : 2016)
Abbreviated title	SST2016
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Parramatta
Period	6/12/16 → 9/12/16

Keywords

lexical tone acquisition
tone sandhi

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Xu Rattanasone, N., Tang, P., Yuen, I., Gao, L., & Demuth, K. (2016). 3-year-olds produce pitch contours consistent with Mandarin tone 3 sandhi. In C. Carignan, & M. D. Tyler (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology: SST 2016 (pp. 5-8). (Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology). Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA).

Xu Rattanasone, Nan ; Tang, Ping ; Yuen, Ivan et al. / 3-year-olds produce pitch contours consistent with Mandarin tone 3 sandhi. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology: SST 2016. editor / Christopher Carignan ; Michael D. Tyler. Canberra : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), 2016. pp. 5-8 (Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology).

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Xu Rattanasone, N , Tang, P , Yuen, I, Gao, L & Demuth, K 2016, 3-year-olds produce pitch contours consistent with Mandarin tone 3 sandhi. in C Carignan & MD Tyler (eds), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology: SST 2016. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), Canberra, pp. 5-8, Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (16th : 2016), Parramatta, Australia, 6/12/16.

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Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology: SST 2016. ed. / Christopher Carignan; Michael D. Tyler. Canberra: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), 2016. p. 5-8 (Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology).

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