The processing of lexical tones by young Chinese children.
The processing of lexical tones by young Chinese children.
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中国幼儿对词汇声调的处理。
DOI：
10.1017/s0305000912000281
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Shu,Hua
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文献类型：
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作者：
Lin,CandiseY;Wang,Min;Shu,Hua
The current study examined five- and seven-year-old Mandarin-speaking children's processing of lexical tones in relation to speech segments by varying onset and rime in an oddity task (onset±rime±). Results showed that children experienced more difficulty in lexical tone oddity judgment when rimes differed across monosyllables (e.g. onset+rime−) than when onsets differed (e.g. onset−rime+). This finding suggests that vowels interfere more than consonants in lexical tone processing. Seven-year-olds consistently outperformed five-year-olds, suggesting that the growth of metalinguistic awareness and literacy exposure may play a joint role in the development of lexical tone processing skills.
