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- Speech rhythm of the Danish-Chinese interlanguage relies on rhyme structure
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Speech rhythm of the Danish-Chinese interlanguage relies on rhyme structure
evaluation of nativeness, it is usually not explicitly taught in
second language acquisition. Moreover, acquisition studies
of Mandarin prosody typically focus on the acquisition of
tone. We investigated durational patterns of Mandarin
Chinese as produced by Danish learners. Native Mandarin
Chinese rhythm is characterized by, first, sentence-final
syllable lengthening, then tone-intrinsic duration, and
finally, rhyme structure. Danish speech rhythm is
fundamentally different, since Danish is a stress language
with only primary stress on the level of the phonological
phrase, and extensive reduction of unstressed syllables. We
show that the interlanguage of Danish learners of Chinese is
comparable to native Mandarin Chinese duration patterns
with regard to rhyme structure. However, differentiation of
duration based on tone and final lengthening lags...Show moreAlthough speech rhythm is a highly important factor in the
evaluation of nativeness, it is usually not explicitly taught in
second language acquisition. Moreover, acquisition studies
of Mandarin prosody typically focus on the acquisition of
tone. We investigated durational patterns of Mandarin
Chinese as produced by Danish learners. Native Mandarin
Chinese rhythm is characterized by, first, sentence-final
syllable lengthening, then tone-intrinsic duration, and
finally, rhyme structure. Danish speech rhythm is
fundamentally different, since Danish is a stress language
with only primary stress on the level of the phonological
phrase, and extensive reduction of unstressed syllables. We
show that the interlanguage of Danish learners of Chinese is
comparable to native Mandarin Chinese duration patterns
with regard to rhyme structure. However, differentiation of
duration based on tone and final lengthening lags behind in
Danish acquisition of Chinese.Show less
- Date
- 2015
- Title of host publication
- Proceedings of the Oriential COCOSDA/CASLRE Conference, October 28-30, 2015
- Pages
- 305 - 310
Conference
- Conference
- Oriential COCOSDA/CASLRE Conference
- Date
- 2018-10-28 - 2018-10-30
- Location
- Shanghai