Perception of an Allophonic Distinction from Conversational Speech

Mandarin Chinese has two affricates that can be confusing to English learners. The first is represented in the Pinyin romanization system as j and the second as zh. In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA,) they are represented as respectively [tɕ] and [tʂ] (Lee 2003). [tɕ], henceforth referred...

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Main Author: Woods, Anna Christina
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146831