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Tonal targets in Cantonese language and music

, 2016
Linguists such as Jones & Woo (1913) and Chao (1949) have used musical notation to represent Cantonese tones. Is this more than an analogy? “Musical approaches” to teaching Cantonese suggest that the keys to mastering tone lie in musical analogies, while
Matthews, SJ
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Tones in whispered Cantonese [PDF]

, 2010
Acoustic analysis and perceptual experiments were carried out to investigate the acoustical characteristics of tones in whispered Cantonese and to identify possible perceptual cues for tone identification.
林錦成, Lam, Kam-shing
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Modulation of Cantonese Listening Proficiency on Chinese Reading With Narratives in Mandarin-Cantonese Bilingual Students From Hong Kong Secondary Schools

, 2021
This study will look into how Cantonese listening proficiency of Mandarin (L1)-Cantonese (L2) secondary students or Year-1 undergraduates in Hong Kong will affect their accuracy, eye movement patterns and response time in a Chinese reading test in two ...
Ka Yi Ho, Janet H. Hsiao
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USB1 deficiency disrupts neutrophil maturation via RNA dysregulation independent of global pre‐mRNA splicing

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This graphical abstract illustrates the essential role of USB1 in neutrophil maturation. In normal myeloid cells, USB1 acts as an RNA exonuclease, trimming RNA tails to maintain proper RNA network function, which supports the differentiation of myeloid progenitor cells into mature neutrophils.
Hang Li, Guiying Shi, Jiaming Tang, Yiying Huang, Jie Wang, Xuepei Lei, Lin Bai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification and validation of fecal complement component 3 and fibronectin as potential biomarkers for monitoring disease activity in ulcerative colitis based on a mouse model

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This study demonstrated elevated levels of fecal component 3 (C3) and fibronectin (FN) in an ulcerative colitis (UC) mouse model. Importantly, fecal C3 exhibited a stronger correlation with disease activity than the clinically used fecal calprotectin (FC).
Yangyun Guo, Ziheng Yan, Jingyu Ye, Ruifu Yang, Yajun Song, Hui Yue, Yong Zhao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can you hear me clearly? The differential effects of surgical mask on Cantonese consonant, vowel, and tone perception

Frontiers in Communication
This study examined the differential effects of surgical mask on Cantonese consonant, vowel, and tone perception. Forty native Cantonese adults were tested with the Cantonese consonant, vowel, and tone identification tasks.
William Choi, William Choi, William Choi, Tianyu Chu, Tianyu Chu, Jiaqing Zu, Jiaqing Zu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prosody beyond L1 boundary: Cantonese tone sensitivity predicts English text reading comprehension in Cantonese-English bilingual children [PDF]

, 2015
PURPOSE: Prosodic sensitivity refers to an individual’s ability to perceive and manipulate phonetic distinctions realized through pitch, duration, or amplitude, such as Cantonese lexical tone and English lexical stress.
Choi, WTM, Tong, X, Cain, K
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The endangered Tanka language in Hong Kong: phonological variations and lexical convergence with Cantonese

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The Tanka people, colloquially known as the “boat people”, are primarily located in Southeast China. Over time, their transition from a maritime to a land-based lifestyle has significantly influenced the languages they speak, particularly through contact
Cong Wang, Daxingwang Peng, Yanmei Dai, Chong Qi   +3 more
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Acoustic Analysis and Perceptual Evaluation of Second Language Cantonese Tones Produced by Advanced Mandarin-Speaking Learners

Applied Sciences
The tonal system of Cantonese is very different from that of Mandarin, which creates potential challenges for Mandarin speakers when learning Cantonese.
Yike Yang, Jie Hou, Yue Zou, Dong Han
doaj   +1 more source

Intonation in Cantonese. [PDF]

, 2001
This thesis develops a system for describing intonation in Cantonese, a language having six phonological tones employing both pitch and slope. It analyses the utterance intonation contour into major intonation units, intonation units and feet. It defines what criteria those units meet and how they relate to each other.
openaire   +1 more source