The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation: Segments and Prosody

Book Overview

1. Introduction of Second Language Chinese pronunciation.- 2. Segment acquisition.- 3. L2 tone/segment acquisition.- 4. Tone processing in L1 and L2.- 5. Categorical perception of Mandarin tones by native and second language (L2) speakers.- 6. Effects of segments, intonation and rhythm on the perception of L2 accentedness and comprehensibility.- 7. Effects of F0 and context on L2 Chinese intelligibility.- 8. The role of vocabulary knowledge in second language speaking fluency.- 9. Pronunciation issues among Chinese heritage language learners.- 10. L2 Chinese pronunciation teaching: Segments.- 11. L2 Chinese pronunciation teaching: Suprasegmentals or prosody.- 12. Assessment of L2 Chinese pronunciation.- 13. Higher variability phonetic training: Tones, segments with higher error gravity/functional load, to be decided (tentative).- 14. Computer assisted language teaching of CSL pronunciation, to be decided (tentative).- 15. Orthography and CSL pronunciation, to be decided (tentative).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811538115
• ISBN13: 9789811538117
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"