Integral perception, but separate processing: The perceptual normalization of lexical tones and vowels

Zhang, KL; Sjerps, MJ; Peng, G

Peng, G (corresponding author), Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Chinese & Bilingual Studies, Hung Hom, Kowloon, AG509, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.

NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, 2021; 156 ():

Abstract

In tonal languages, speech variability arises in both lexical tone (i.e., suprasegmentally) and vowel quality (segmentally). Listeners can use surroun......

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