Most psycholinguistic models of speech production agree on an earlier semantic processing stage and a later word-form encoding stage. Using a logographic language, Mandarin Chinese, Zhang and... Show moreMost psycholinguistic models of speech production agree on an earlier semantic processing stage and a later word-form encoding stage. Using a logographic language, Mandarin Chinese, Zhang and Weekes [2009. Orthographic facilitation effects on spoken word production: Evidence from Chinese. Language and Cognitive Processes, 24(7–8), 1082–1096. https://doi.org/10.1080/ 01690960802042133] reported an early effect of orthography in a picture-word-interference study and suggested orthography affects speech production via a lexical-semantic pathway at an early stage. This early orthographic effect without co-occurrence of phonological effect, however, was not replicated [Zhao, La Heij, & Schiller, 2012. Orthographic and phonological facilitation in speech production: New evidence from picture naming in Chinese. Acta Psychologica, 139(2), 272–280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.12.001]. The present study aimed to dissociate further the semantic and phonological representations from orthography by using simplex Chinese characters. The results of Experiment 1 and 2 revealed an orthographic effect but only at a similar point in time as the phonological effect, both of which followed the semantic effect. Our results thus raise further doubts about the role of orthography at the conceptual level of speech planning and lend new evidence to a two-step model of speech production. Show less
This thesis tapped into the details of speech production in Mandarin Chinese in the framework of current psycholinguistic models of speech production. The findings in this thesis not only... Show moreThis thesis tapped into the details of speech production in Mandarin Chinese in the framework of current psycholinguistic models of speech production. The findings in this thesis not only contribute to the understanding of the underlying neuropsychological mechanisms of speech production in Mandarin Chinese, but also provides insights into the understanding of the accountability of current models of speech production that are mostly based on evidence from West Germanic languages. Show less
Sloos, M.; Liang, J.; Ne, X.; Hansen, R.P.; Yan, M.; Zhang, C. 2015
Although speech rhythm is a highly important factor in theevaluation of nativeness, it is usually not explicitly taught insecond language acquisition. Moreover, acquisition studiesof Mandarin... Show moreAlthough speech rhythm is a highly important factor in theevaluation of nativeness, it is usually not explicitly taught insecond language acquisition. Moreover, acquisition studiesof Mandarin prosody typically focus on the acquisition oftone. We investigated durational patterns of MandarinChinese as produced by Danish learners. Native MandarinChinese rhythm is characterized by, first, sentence-finalsyllable lengthening, then tone-intrinsic duration, andfinally, rhyme structure. Danish speech rhythm isfundamentally different, since Danish is a stress languagewith only primary stress on the level of the phonologicalphrase, and extensive reduction of unstressed syllables. Weshow that the interlanguage of Danish learners of Chinese iscomparable to native Mandarin Chinese duration patternswith regard to rhyme structure. However, differentiation ofduration based on tone and final lengthening lags behind inDanish acquisition of Chinese. Show less
