VAT of the lexical tones in Mandarin Chinese

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangping Kong ◽  
Ruifeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Lexical Tones

scholarly journals An Implicit Association Test on Audio-­Visual Cross-­Modal Correspondences

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-51
Author(s):  
Nan Shang ◽  
Suzy J. Styles
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Implicit Association Test ◽  
Stimulus Dimension ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Implicit Association ◽  
Lexical Tones

Automatic connections between sounds and visual shapes have been documented for some time (c.f., Spence, 2011). We replicated audiovisual correspondences with simple linguistic sounds /i/ and /u/, this time produced in the lexical tones of Mandarin Chinese, using a modified version of the implicit association test (IAT). Although congruent blocks were significantly faster than incongruent ones (p < .001), no effect of tone congruence was observed. Since tone was an unattended stimulus dimension, we argue that attention modulates sensory congruence in implicit association tasks of this nature.

scholarly journals The Effects of Mandarin Chinese Lexical Tones in Sound–Shape and Sound–Size Correspondences

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Yen-Han Chang ◽  
Mingxue Zhao ◽  
Yi-Chuan Chen ◽  
Pi-Chun Huang
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Shape Matching ◽  
Crossmodal Correspondences ◽  
Lexical Tones ◽  
Chinese Speakers ◽  
Sensory Modalities ◽  
Native Mandarin Chinese Speakers

Abstract Crossmodal correspondences refer to when specific domains of features in different sensory modalities are mapped. We investigated how vowels and lexical tones drive sound–shape (rounded or angular) and sound–size (large or small) mappings among native Mandarin Chinese speakers. We used three vowels (/i/, /u/, and /a/), and each vowel was articulated in four lexical tones. In the sound–shape matching, the tendency to match the rounded shape was decreased in the following order: /u/, /i/, and /a/. Tone 2 was more likely to be matched to the rounded pattern, whereas Tone 4 was more likely to be matched to the angular pattern. In the sound–size matching, /a/ was matched to the larger object more than /u/ and /i/, and Tone 2 and Tone 4 correspond to the large–small contrast. The results demonstrated that both vowels and tones play prominent roles in crossmodal correspondences, and sound–shape and sound–size mappings are heterogeneous phenomena.

scholarly journals Perception of Tone by Native Mandarin Chinese Listeners: Optimal Auditory Perception

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C.-J. Hung ◽  
Rong-fu Chung
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Speech Sounds ◽  
Language Experience ◽  
Lexical Tones ◽  
Category Discrimination ◽  
The Right ◽  
Mandarin Tones ◽  
Empirical Experiment ◽  
Task Types

Previous studies have found the perception of lexical tones associated with task types, acoustic/phonetic aspects of the tones, and language experience. But seldom has the interaction of these factors been studied. To fill the void, the present study, with an empirical experiment of 2x2x2 factorial design, investigated the perception of Mandarin tones by native listeners of Mandarin Chinese, who discriminated between pair-wise tone inputs from the right ear. The pair-wise stimuli consisted of familiar tonal contrasts versus unfamiliar contrasts. The stimuli were presented in speech sounds (i.e., real tones) versus in non-speech sounds (sinewave tones). The subjects were required to judge whether pair-wise tone tokens fitted into the same tone category (category discrimination) versus whether they were exactly identical (auditory discrimination). The study revealed that the perception of Mandarin tones is influenced significantly by task types and familiarity with the F0 contours. However, the effect of phonetics varies depending on the interaction of task types and familiarity with the F0 contours. The subjects performed better in nonspeech context than in speech context on two conditions: (1) in the category discrimination between familiar tonal contrasts, and (2) in the auditory (non-categorical) discrimination between unfamiliar tonal contrasts.

Temporal hierarchy of intonation and tone processing in Mandarin Chinese

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Li
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Lexical Tone ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Behavioral Reactions ◽  
Lexical Tones ◽  
Early Interaction ◽  
The Brain

Intonation and lexical tone both rely on F0 in tonal languages. While the former one can indicate the speaker’s intention (e.g., raise a question or state a fact), the latter helps determine the meaning of a word. These two interact with each other in sentence, but the access order of them by the brain is unknown. The current study aimed at investigating the access order of intonation and lexical tones in Mandarin Chinese. Participants were required to listen to Mandarin sentences containing both intonation and lexical tone in the same syllable and judge the intonation (in the intonation task) and tone (in the tone task). Their behavioral reactions and mean amplitudes in ERP were recorded and analyzed. Results showed that in the intonation task, the participants responded to intonation first and then the lexical tone. In the tone task, participants were sensitive to both intonation and tone in an early interaction beginning from 100ms. Participants were alert to intonation and would process it no matter in which task, indicating the important role of intonation in human communication.

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