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Functional load (FL) is the quantitative measure of the importance of phonological contrasts, which stand for the differentiation of communicative linguistic units. Correct estimate of FLs is useful for the studies of speech recognition, language evolution, language teaching and etc. Conventional approaches use phonological transcriptions and unigram probabilities for the estimation, hence weak in...
Perceptually distinguishing between Mandarin alveolar nasal coda [n] and velar [η] are difficult for Japanese natives in learning Chinese as a second language (CSL). Discovering relations between acoustic cues and perceptual responses is important for studying CSL acquisition and computer-aided pronunciation teaching. In order to investigate the influences of nasal coda's lengths on nasal perception...
Differently from the general online social network (OSN), location-based mobile social network (LMSN), which seamlessly integrates mobile computing and social computing technologies, has unique characteristics of temporal, spatial and social correlation. Recommending friends instantly based on current location of users in the real world has become increasingly popular in LMSN. However, the existing...
This paper investigated Mandarin Tone 2-Tone 3 perceptual space in isolated syllables and disyllables of native speakers and Japanese learners. In two experiments, we examined the listeners' use of pitch height and the position of turning point as cues of tone identity. The result showed that, in isolated syllables, Chinese perceived these two tones in categorical fashion. Pitch height was more important...
Phonetic contrasts (PC) are the basis of human speech communication. Different PCs have different levels of importance, which can be evaluated by the measurement of Functional Load (FL). It has also been understood that human speech perception is dependent not only on PCs but also on high-level context such as word, word sequence, grammar and etc. Thus it is desirable to take into account those context...
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