The Role of Surface and Underlying Forms When Processing Tonal Alternations in Mandarin Chinese: A Mismatch Negativity Study

The Role of Surface and Underlying Forms When Processing Tonal Alternations in Mandarin Chinese: A Mismatch Negativity Study

Phonological alternation (sound change depending on the phonological environment) poses challenges to spoken word recognition models. Mandarin Chinese T3 sandhi is such a phenomenon in which a tone 3 (T3) changes into a tone 2 (T2) when followed by another T3. In a mismatch negativity (MMN) study ex...

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Main Authors: Yu-Fu Chien, Xiao Yang, Robert Fiorentino, Joan A. Sereno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
event-related potentials
mismatch negativity
tone
tone 3 sandhi
phonological alternation
Mandarin Chinese
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00646/full

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