Linguistics
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/7451
2024-03-29T14:56:24Z
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Review of "The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence," edited by Jochen Trommer, part of the series, Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 41
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/194524
Review of "The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence," edited by Jochen Trommer, part of the series, Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 41
Golston, Chris
From Language. Dec2013, Vol. 89 Issue 4, p979-983.
2013-12-01T00:00:00Z
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Data is data and model: You don't discard the data that doesn't fit your model
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/194525
Data is data and model: You don't discard the data that doesn't fit your model
Laury, Ritva; Ono, Tsuyoshi
This article focuses on the article published by Frederick Newmeyer in a recent issue of the journal "Language." Newmeyer said that, "if real speech, the argument goes, is not propositional, then grammars should not be either." In fact, this is Newmeyer's interpretation of the findings of Du Bois 1987 and other work he cites in the section. One do not know who might have made an explicit claim to such an effect, and Newmeyer refers vaguely to some linguists; the other studies cited in this section also do not make such a claim. One do think this is a very interesting hypothesis provided by research on actual language use and one to which future research efforts might profitably be directed. It cannot be emphasized enough, however, that one needs to be careful in such an endeavor. That is, even though the statistical findings Du Bois presents look very interesting, they first need to be replicated a number of times before one can feel sufficiently sure that they are robust patterns upon which one can build our theories of human language.
From Language. Mar2005, Vol. 81 Issue 1, p218-225.
2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
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Learning Mandarin tones at sentence level through training: a pilot study
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/191781
Learning Mandarin tones at sentence level through training: a pilot study
Wang, Xinchun
From Canadian Acoustics, Vol. 36 (3), pp. 122-123, available online: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2068/1815. Copyright © 2006 by Canadian Acoustical Association
2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Mandarin listeners' perception of English vowels: problems and strategies
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/179856
Mandarin listeners' perception of English vowels: problems and strategies
Wang, Xinchun
Previous research suggests L2 vowel perception problems are often due to the assimilation of L2 sounds to L1 categories. However, there is also evidence for a universal strategy which states listeners will rely on duration cues whenever spectral cues are not sufficient for discriminating L2 vowel contrasts. This study examines Mandarin listeners' perceptual problems with English vowels. In a perception test, a group of adult Mandarin-English bilinguals residing in Canada identified synthesized English /i/-/I/, /u/-/℧/, and /æ/-/Ε/ continua that manipulated vowel spectral and duration cues. Compared with a native English group who responded exclusively to the spectral cues, the majority of native Mandarin listeners failed to show native-like perceptual patterns for the three vowel contrasts. However, they responded heavily and consistently to duration cues for the /i/-/I/ but not for the /u/- /℧/ and /æ/-/Ε/ contrasts. Both group and individual data suggest that native Mandarin listeners used different strategies in perceptual identification of L2 vowel contrasts. Most Mandarin listeners did not appear to have clear category distinctions for /u/-/℧/ and /æ/-/Ε/ pairs and some established incorrect perceptual representation of the /i/-/I/ contrast. The findings did not fully support the universal strategy of using duration cues when non-native vowel contrasts are difficult to perceive.
From Canadian Acoustics, Vol. 34(4), page 15-26, available online: http://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/1852/1599.
2006-01-01T00:00:00Z