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The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation

Segments and Prosody

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Editors:
  1. Chunsheng Yang

    1. Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

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  • Covers a wide range of topics, such as tones, intonation, rhythm, intelligibility, fluency, assessment, and pedagogy
  • Is both theoretically and pedagogically motivated
  • Includes sections on pedagogical implications, connecting the content to teaching and learning CSL pronunciation
  • Provides answers to many questions concerning CSL pronunciation

Part of the book series: Prosody, Phonology and Phonetics (PRPHPH)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Segments and Tones

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Production of the Mandarin Rhotic Onset /ɹ/ by Indonesian Learners of Mandarin

      • Min Liu, Rongru Chen
      Pages 3-19

    3. What is in the Final Stage of Inter-Language? Tone Errors and Phonological Constraints in Spontaneous Speech in Very Advanced Learners of Mandarin

      • Chenqing Song
      Pages 21-54

    4. Categorical Perception of Mandarin Tones by Native and Second Language Speakers

      • Chunsheng Yang
      Pages 55-74

    5. What if What You Think is the Opposite of What I Say? Evidence from Putonghua/Lanzhou Bidialectal Speakers on the Online Processing of Two Tonal Systems

      • Yadong Xu, Kevin Russell
      Pages 75-106

    6. The Effect of Perceptual Training on Teaching Mandarin Chinese Tones

      • Yingjie Li, Goun Lee
      Pages 107-139

    7. Tone Category Learning Should Serve Tone Word Learning: An Experiment of Integrating Pronunciation Teaching in the L2 Chinese Curriculum

      • Jiang Liu, Cheng Xiao
      Pages 141-162

    8. “Repeat After Me”: Is There a Better Way to Correct Tone Errors in Teaching Mandarin Chinese as a Second Language?

      • Nan Meng
      Pages 163-173
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About this book

This book is the first edited book to cover a wide range of issues related to Chinese as a second language (CSL) speech, including tone and segment acquisition and processing, categorical perception of tones, CSL fluency, CSL intelligibility/comprehensibility and accentedness, and pronunciation pedagogy. Moreover, the book addresses both theoretical and pedagogical issues. It offers an essential go-to book for anyone who is interested in CSL speech, e.g. CSL speech researchers, Chinese instructors, CSL learners, and anyone interested in second language speech.

Reviews

“The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation: Segments and Prosody … is a collection of articles with a mix of empirical research and theoretical discussions that substantially contributes to a booming research field: Chinese as a second language (CSL) pronunciation. … The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation: Segments and Prosody is a valuable contribution to the field of CSL pronunciation.” (Wei Zhang, Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, Vol. 18 (1), 2022)

“The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation: Segments and Prosody, which covers a wide range of issues on CSL pronunciation and integrates theory, practice, and pedagogy, nicely fills in the research gap. … it is noteworthy that this edited volume nicely serves its purpose of integrating theory, practice, and pedagogy, by containing thought-provoking pedagogical suggestions in most chapters based on the research findings, which will help CSL practitioners make research-informed decisions in their teaching practice.” (Qingyi Chen, Yanrong Du and Shuxiang You, International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, Vol. 9 (1), 2022)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

    Chunsheng Yang

About the editor



Chunsheng Yang is an Associate Professor of Chinese and Applied Linguistics at the University of Connecticut. His main focus areas are the acquisition of second language prosody (tones, intonation, stress, and rhythm) and second language pronunciation teaching and research. He has published numerous articles and one monograph (The Acquisition of Second Language Mandarin Prosody: From Experimental Studies to Pedagogical Practice by John Benjamins Publishing Company) in these areas. He is also interested in Chinese linguistics, Chinese pedagogy, computer-assisted language learning, and applied linguistics in general.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation

  • Book Subtitle: Segments and Prosody

  • Editors: Chunsheng Yang

  • Series Title: Prosody, Phonology and Phonetics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3809-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3808-7Published: 23 March 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3811-7Published: 23 March 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-3809-4Published: 22 March 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2197-8700

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-8719

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 328

  • Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Language Acquisition and Development, Theoretical Linguistics, Chinese

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