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

Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 175 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map Series Bilingual processing and acquisition (BPA), 2352-0531 ; volume 1 Bilingual processing and acquisition ; v. 1. 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 Summary 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, this book discusses the acquisition of Mandarin lexical tones and utterance-level prosody, the interaction of tones and intonation, the acquisition of Tone 3 sandhis, the temporal differences between L1 and L2 Mandarin discourse, and the relationship between intelligibility, comprehensibility and foreign accent perception in L2 Chinese. In addition, a whole chapter is exclusively devoted to the pedagogy of L2 Mandarin prosody. Studies in this book further our understanding of speech prosody in L1 and L2 and showcase the interesting interaction of phonetics, phonology, and pedagogy in SLA. This book will be of great interest to SLA researchers and graduate students, applied linguists, Chinese linguists, and Chinese practitioners Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 Form Electronic book ISBN 9789027267634 9027267634

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