Thai lexical tone perception in native speakers of Thai, English and Mandarin Chinese: An event-related potentials training study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tone languages such as Thai and Mandarin Chinese use differences in fundamental frequency (F<sub>0</sub>, pitch) to distinguish lexical meaning. Previous behavioral studies have shown that native speakers of a non-tone la...

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Main Authors: Bao Mingzhen, Barkley Christopher M, Kaan Edith, Wayland Ratree
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/9/53