Development of Categorical Speech Perception in Mandarin-Speaking Children and Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Feng, Yan; Peng, Gang
Titel	Development of Categorical Speech Perception in Mandarin-Speaking Children and Adolescents
Quelle	In: Child Development, 94 (2023) 1, S.28-43 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Feng, Yan) ORCID (Peng, Gang)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13837
Schlagwörter	Speech Communication; Mandarin Chinese; Phonemes; Phonemic Awareness; Tone Languages; Foreign Countries; Children; Early Adolescents; Adults; Age Differences; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fonem; Tonsprache; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Although children develop categorical speech perception at a very young age, the maturation process remains unclear. A cross-sectional study in Mandarin-speaking 4-, 6-, and 10-year-old children, 14-year-old adolescents, and adults (n = 104, 56 males, all Asians from mainland China) was conducted to investigate the development of categorical perception of four Mandarin phonemic contrasts: lexical tone contrast Tone 1-2, vowel contrast /u/-/i/, consonant aspiration contrast /p/-/p[superscript h]/, and consonant formant transition contrast /p/-/t/. The results indicated that different types of phonemic contrasts, and even the identification and discrimination of the same phonemic contrast, matured asynchronously. The observation that tone and vowel perception are achieved earlier than consonant perception supports the phonological saliency hypothesis. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01