Lei, Ka Yan Margaret. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-94). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgments --- p.i / Abstract --- p.iv / 摘要 --- p.vi / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- BACKGROUND --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Infants' perception of speech contrasts --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Discrimination of segmental contrasts --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Discrimination of suprasegmental contrasts --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Cantonese tonal system --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Properties and classification of the Cantonese tones --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Distributional pattern of the Cantonese tones --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3 --- Tone perception in Cantonese-speaking adults and children --- p.27 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Tone perception in Cantonese-speaking adults --- p.27 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Tone perception in Cantonese-speaking children --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Discussion --- p.31 / Chapter 2.4 --- Tone acquisition --- p.32 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.34 / Chapter 3.1 --- Operant conditioning --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2 --- Background of the paradigm --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3 --- Subjects --- p.38 / Chapter 3.4 --- Stimuli used in the experiments --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Auditory stimuli --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Visual stimuli --- p.41 / Chapter 3.5 --- Experimental site --- p.43 / Chapter 3.6 --- Procedure --- p.46 / Chapter 3.7 --- Technical control of experiment --- p.49 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- RESULTS OF THE STUDY --- p.52 / Chapter 4.1 --- Details of experiment --- p.52 / Chapter 4.2 --- Assessment criteria --- p.55 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results --- p.58 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Discrimination performance of Group I subjects --- p.61 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Discrimination performance of Group II subjects --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Discrimination performance of Group III subjects --- p.72 / Chapter 4.4 --- Comparison with previous studies --- p.72 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.73 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- DISCUSSION & CONCLUSIONS --- p.74 / Chapter 5.1 --- Strengths of the VRISD paradigm --- p.74 / Chapter 5.2 --- The use of operant conditioning --- p.76 / Chapter 5.3 --- Relative nature of tone --- p.77 / Chapter 5.4 --- Acoustic similarity between the tones --- p.78 / Chapter 5.5 --- Interplay between production and perception --- p.79 / Chapter 5.6 --- Association between tone perception and tone acquisition --- p.81 / Chapter 5.7 --- Tonal versus segmental discrimination --- p.82 / Chapter 5.8 --- Tone perception in connected speech --- p.84 / Chapter 5.9 --- Gender identification --- p.85 / Chapter 5.10 --- Conclusions --- p.86 / Bibliography --- p.88
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325841 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Lei, Ka Yan Margaret., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Linguistics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, ix, 94 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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