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Author:   Hang Zhang
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   33
Weight:   0.271kg
ISBN:  

9789004305977

ISBN 10:   9004305971
Pages:   150
Publication Date:   03 May 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures List of Selected Abbreviations Mandarin Tones 1 Introduction 1.1 Phonetics and Phonology of Mandarin Chinese Tones 1.2 Chinese Tone Variations 1.2.1 The Variants of T3 1.2.2 Other Tone Sandhi Processes 1.3 Intonation in Chinese 1.4 The Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Tones 1.5 Organization of this Book 2 Three Puzzles in Mandarin L2 Tone Acquisition 2.1 Prosodic Structures of English, Japanese, and Korean 2.2 Puzzles Surrounding the L2 Acquisition of Tones 3 Methodology: Data Collection and Analysis 3.1 Test Materials 3.2 Participants and Recording Procedure 3.3 Assessment of L2 Tones 3.4 Data Analysis 4 Coarticulation Effects in L2 Chinese Tones 4.1 The Nature of Anticipatory Tone Coarticulation 4.2 Research Questions and Hypotheses 4.3 Results 4.4 Discussion 4.5 Conclusion 5 Phonological Universals and the Acquisition Order of Mandarin Tones 5.1 Phonological Background 5.2 Results 5.3 Discussion: An OT Account for the Acquisition of Identical Tone Sequences 5.4 Conclusion 6 Acquisition of the Third Tone 6.1 The Allophones and Sandhi Rules of Tone 3 6.2 The Second Language Acquisition of T3 6.3 Methodology 6.3.1 Stimuli 6.3.2 Subjects and Recording Procedures 6.3.3 Analysis 6.4 Results 6.4.1 The Error Patterns of Half-T3 and Raised-T3 6.4.2 Substitutions Used for Half-T3 and Raised-T3 6.5 Discussion 6.5.1 Theoretical Implications: The Underlying Form of T3 6.5.2 The 'Half-T3 First' Method 6.6 Conclusion 7 Teaching Mandarin Chinese Tones 7.1 Pedagogical Implications 7.2 Current Prevailing Teaching Materials 7.3 Sample Exercises References Index

Reviews

This book is beyond doubt an excellent source that will surely benefit not only a community of linguists or psycholinguists who are interested in L2 acquisition but also classroom teachers and language learners with not much linguistic background. ~ Mengzhu Yan, Victoria University of Wellington, on Linguistlist (March 2019)

Author Information

Hang Zhang, Ph.D. (2013), is Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Linguistics at George Washington University. She has published widely in academic journals including Second Language Research, Chinese as a Second Language, and International Journal of Applied Linguistics.

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