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Umiejętności receptywne a realizacja tonemów języka chińskiego

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Zajdler E., Stal A.
Lingwistyka Stosowana / Applied Linguistics / Angewandte Linguistik
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2013
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issue 8
153-164
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It is language teaching and learning that made me focus on the tonal phonemes in Chinese. The lack of tones in their L1s leads to decreased sensitivity to tonal patterns in learners of Chinese as L2. Consequently, the learner does not fully distinguish tonal patters neither in speech perception nor in production. In conversions between a learner and a proficient user of Chinese (such as a native speaker or a teacher of Chinese), both interlocutors need to resort to context (both phonological and semantic) to maintain communication. However, it needs to be remembered that the level of homophony of syllables is very high in Chinese so the ability to perceive and produce tones correctly is critical for communication. The correct perception of a syllable and a tone by a learner determines his or her ability to produce the syllable with sufficient accuracy. The present article compares two studies investigating perception and production of tones by learners of Chinese. One study is a published investigation of production and perception of four Chinese tones by a group of German learners. The other study presents data analysis of the perception test conducted among Polish learners of Chinese. The comparison reveals difficulties in learning tonal languages experienced by German and Polish learners of Chinese. The article emphasizes the need for expanding the sound inventory to the point when each of the four tonal patters is well contrasted with other ones.
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Ekspozycja na język tonalny a wrażliwość słuchowa

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Zajdler E., Stal A.
Lingwistyka Stosowana / Applied Linguistics / Angewandte Linguistik
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2016
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issue 16
121-134
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The Chinese language is a tonal language. The four tones of Modern Standard Chinese cause difficulties for non-tonal language users. Learning to recognize foreign speech sounds and to distinguish their phonological features is the process influencing the complex auditory ability. This article presents the pilot study of auditory reactions of Polish-speaking people to learning a tonal language. Pure tone audiometry used in the study provides data of the hearing threshold of subjects exposed and not exposed to the tonal language. Results show change in auditory sensitivity, significant for some frequencies of pure tones stimuli. Due to the small scale of the study it is regarded as a preliminary research.
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