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The Production of Mandarin Voiceless Sibilant Fricatives by Late Cantonese-Mandarin Bilinguals: an Acoustic Study

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  • Yuyan Li

    (Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, Hunan, Peoples R China)

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It has been repeatedly suggested that there are L1 interference and gender-related differences in second language acquisition. This study aims to investigate L1 transfer and sex effect on fricative learning by comparing the spectral peak value of the target fricatives /s  / and F2 onset of their following vowels produced by late Cantonese-Mandarin bilinguals and L1 Mandarin speakers. The results indicated that there were significant gender effects in /s/ and / /, yet no significant gender effect in / /. And there were statistically significant differences in /s/ and / /, but no significant differences in / / between the two language groups.

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  • Yuyan Li, 2018. "The Production of Mandarin Voiceless Sibilant Fricatives by Late Cantonese-Mandarin Bilinguals: an Acoustic Study," English Literature and Language Review, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 4(5), pages 80-87, 05-2018.
    • Handle: RePEc:arp:ellrar:2018:p:80-87
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    Keywords

    L1 transfer; Mandarin voiceless fricatives; Gender-related difference; Spectral peak; F2 onset.;
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    • L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business

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