Browsing BCBL-Publications by Author "Wong, Patrick C.M."
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Lexical and Prosodic Pitch Modifications in Cantonese Infant-directed Speech
Wang, Luchang; Kalashnikova, Marina; Kager, René; Lai, Regine; Wong, Patrick C.M. (Journal of Child Language, 2021)The functions of acoustic-phonetic modifications in infant-directed speech (IDS) remain a question: do they specifically serve to facilitate language learning via enhanced phonemic contrasts (the hyperarticulation ... -
The tone atlas of perceptual discriminability and perceptual distance: Four tone languages and five language groups
Liu, Liquan; Lai, Regine; Singh, Leher; Kalashnikova, Marina; Wong, Patrick C.M.; Kasisopa, Benjawan; Chen, Ao; Onsuwan, Chutamanee; Burnham, Denis (ELSEVIER, 2022)Some prior investigations suggest that tone perception is flexible, reasonably independent of native phonology, whereas others suggest it is constrained by native phonology. We address this issue in a systematic and ...