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Intonation-lexical tone transfer in the second language acquisition of Mandarin.

Harrison, Alissa May. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-194). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Intonation´ؤlexical tone transfer --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Unresolved issues of intonation-lexical tone transfer --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objectives of this study --- p.10 / Chapter 1.4 --- Hypotheses of intonation-lexical tone transfer in L2 Mandarin --- p.12 / Chapter 1.5 --- Methodology and experimental results --- p.13 / Chapter 1.6 --- Major findings and conclusions --- p.15 / Chapter 1.7 --- Outline of the thesis --- p.16 / Chapter 2 --- "Background of Mandarin, English, and Japanese prosody" --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1 --- Prosodic phonology --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Defining the components of prosody --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Theoretical basis for intonation and lexical tone inter- action --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- Mandarin prosody --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3 --- English prosody --- p.41 / Chapter 2.4 --- Japanese prosody --- p.49 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary of prosodic similarities and differences --- p.54 / Chapter 3 --- Previous studies of intonation and lexical tone acquisition --- p.61 / Chapter 3.1 --- Second language acquisition --- p.62 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Interlanguage --- p.62 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Defining transfer --- p.63 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Theories of L2 phonological acquisition --- p.66 / Chapter 3.2 --- Comparison of first and second language acquisition --- p.71 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Lexical tone --- p.71 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Intonation --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3 --- L1 intonation transfer in Mandarin L2 lexical tone acquisition --- p.77 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Initial hypotheses of intonation-lexical tone transfer --- p.77 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Experimental studies claiming intonation-lexical tone transfer --- p.85 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Unaddressed issues of previous studies --- p.91 / Chapter 4 --- Methodology of production and perception experiments --- p.94 / Chapter 4.1 --- Hypotheses --- p.94 / Chapter 4.2 --- Design --- p.97 / Chapter 4.3 --- Subjects --- p.101 / Chapter 4.4 --- Procedures --- p.102 / Chapter 4.5 --- Data transcription and statistical analysis --- p.105 / Chapter 5 --- Results of production and perception experiments --- p.108 / Chapter 5.1 --- Production experiment results --- p.108 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Effect of lexical tone category on pitch production --- p.109 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Effect of sentence type on pitch production --- p.119 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Summary of tone production results --- p.126 / Chapter 5.2 --- Perception experiment results --- p.128 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Effect of lexical tone category on lexical tone identifi- cation --- p.128 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Effect of sentence type on lexical tone identification --- p.136 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Summary of tone perception results --- p.143 / Chapter 6 --- Discussion of experimental results and intonation-lexical tone transfer hypothesis --- p.146 / Chapter 6.1 --- Analysis of experimental results --- p.147 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Lack of postlexical tone transfer --- p.148 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Postlexical tone prior to lexical tone acquisition --- p.156 / Chapter 6.1.3 --- Factors in lexical tone errors --- p.166 / Chapter 6.2 --- Limitations of methodological design --- p.170 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Size of experimental data sample --- p.170 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Proficiency levels and testing --- p.172 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Method of elicitation --- p.173 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusions --- p.177 / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary --- p.177 / Chapter 7.2 --- Implications --- p.178 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Prosodic phonology --- p.178 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Second language acquisition --- p.180 / Chapter 7.3 --- Future Work --- p.181 / Chapter A --- Production Experiment Materials --- p.195 / Chapter A.l --- Wordlist --- p.195 / Chapter A.2 --- Sentences --- p.196 / Chapter B --- Perception Experiment Materials --- p.199 / Chapter B.l --- Wordlist --- p.199 / Chapter B.2 --- Sentences --- p.200 / Chapter C --- F0 contours of target word productions --- p.203

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326355
Date January 2008
ContributorsHarrison, Alissa May., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Linguistics.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xv, 213 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse 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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