Phonological abstraction in processing lexical-tone variation: Evidence from a learning paradigm

Cognitive Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 184-197

  Mitterer, Holger ^a   Chen, Yiya ^b   Zhou, Xiaolin ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Episodic models; Lexical tone; Mandarin Chinese; Phonological abstraction; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960900610     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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