THE ONLINE PROCESSING OF ANTICIPATORY TONAL INFORMATION IN STANDARD CHINESE BY NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE LISTENERS

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Abstract

This study investigated whether and how anticipatory tonal coarticulatory cues are utilized during online speech processing. Native speakers ofStandard Chinese (SC) and Indonesian learners of SC participated in an eye-tracking experiment withthe Visual World Paradigm (VWP). They were asked to identify two-syllable nonce words that were printed on a screen while listening to auditory stimuli that had varying levels of appropriate anticipatory tonal cues. The eye movement data revealed that (a) both groups showed some sensitivity to anticipatory tonal information when selecting a target item; (b) native listeners of SC demonstrated a predictive effect of tonal processing when the anticipatory tonal cues in the first syllable were strong, but this effect was not present for Indonesian-speaking SC learners.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2023
EventThe 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
- Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 7 Aug 202311 Aug 2023

Conference

ConferenceThe 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period7/08/2311/08/23

Keywords

  • online speech processing
  • anticipatory tonal information
  • eye-tracking

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