Puisan Wong|Richard G. Schwartz|James J. Jenkins
Perception and Production of Lexical Tones by 3-Year-Old, Mandarin-Speaking Children
City University of New York|City University of New York|City University of New York
present study investigated 3yearold childrens perception production mandarin lexical tones monosyllabic words thirteen 3yearold mandarinspeaking children participated study tone perception examined picturepointing task tone production investigated picture naming compare childrens productions adult forms 4 mothers children asked say set words children picturereading activity childrens mothers productions lowpass filtered 500 hz 400 hz respectively eliminate segmental information ten mandarinspeaking judges identified productions tones filtered speech adult productions accurately identified productions children children perceived level rising falling tones relatively high accuracy dipping tone posed greatest difficulty children perception production