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Explorations into Chinese as a Second Language
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SYSNO ASEP 0476275 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title Acquiring and teaching Chinese pronunciation Author(s) Třísková, Hana (OU-W) RID, SAI, ORCID Number of authors 1 Source Title Explorations into Chinese as a Second Language. - Cham : Springer, 2017 / Kecskes I. - ISBN 978-3-319-54026-9 Pages s. 3-30 Number of pages 28 s. Number of pages 224 Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CH - Switzerland Keywords Standard Chinese ; Mandarin ; phonetics and phonology ; learning pronunciation ; teaching pronunciation ; textbooks and methodology Subject RIV AI - Linguistics OECD category Specific languages Institutional support OU-W - RVO:68378009 Annotation The author explores the specifics of learning / teaching Standard Chinese (SC) pronunciation, its goals and methods, within the broader context of L2 pronunciation learning / teaching. The ways in which research findings in Chinese phonetics and phonology might facilitate the acquisition of SC pronunciation by adult learners are investigated. An overview is provided of the textbooks and linguistic literature dealing with SC pronunciation. The usefulness of metalinguistic instruction is discussed. The following topics, among others, are addressed: the SC syllable structure, the third tone, acoustic correlates of stress, and the importance of unstressed function words. Workplace Oriental Institute Contact Zuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950 Year of Publishing 2018
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