The acquisition of L2 Mandarin prosody : from experimental studies to pedagogical practice

The acquisition of L2 Mandarin prosody : from experimental studies to pedagogical practice / Chunsheng Yang, University of Connecticut.

This book examines the acquisition of L2 Mandarin prosody, a less explored area in SLA. While acknowledging that tone acquisition is one of the most important aspects in acquiring L2 Mandarin phonology, the book demonstrates that phrase- and utterance-level prosody is equally important. Specifically...

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Main Author: Yang, Chunsheng (Linguist) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]
Series:Bilingual processing and acquisition ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Mandarin dialects > Phonology.
Mandarin dialects > Intonation.
Chinese language > Study and teaching > English speakers.
Chinese language > Dialects.
Second language acquisition.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Southeast Asian Languages.
Chinese language > Dialects
Chinese language > Study and teaching > English speakers
Mandarin dialects > Phonology
Second language acquisition
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Prosody of Mandarin Chinese and English
  • L2 acquisition of Mandarin tones
  • Acquisition of utterance-level prosody in L2 Mandarin Chinese
  • Perception of Mandarin tones and intonation by American L2 learners
  • Acquisition of Mandarin tone 3 sandhi: interaction of phonology, phonetics, and pedagogy
  • Temporal cues of discourse boundaries in L1/L2 Mandarin speech
  • Intelligibility, comprehensibility, and foreign accent in L2 Mandarin Chinese
  • From research to practice: training of L2 Mandarin prosody
  • Conclusion.

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