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Phonetic Realizations of Metrical Structure in Tone Languages: Evidence From Chinese Dialects [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
In tone languages, some case studies showed that the word-level tonal representation was closely related to the underlying metrical pattern. Based on different tonal patterns in prosodic units, the metrical structures could generally be divided into the ...
Chengyu Guo, Fei Chen
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Geographic structure of Chinese dialects: a computational dialectometric approach [PDF]

open access: yesLinguistics
Dialect classification is a long-standing issue in Chinese dialectology. Although various theories of Chinese dialect regions have been proposed, most have been limited by similar methodological issues, especially due to their reliance on the subjective ...
Huang He   +3 more
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Chinese “Dialects” and European “Languages”: A Comparison of Lexico-Phonetic and Syntactic Distances

open access: yesLanguages
In this article, we tested some specific claims made in the literature on relative distances among European languages and among Chinese dialects, suggesting that some language varieties within the Sinitic family traditionally called dialects are, in fact,
Chaoju Tang   +3 more
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A study on university students’ cognition, attitudes toward usage and preservation of Chinese dialects in Xinjiang: a sustainability-oriented perspective [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
As a core carrier of regional culture, dialects are increasingly threatened by declining proficiency and usage among younger generations. In the linguistically diverse context of Xinjiang, this decline underscores both the urgency and the unique ...
Yuan Ma, Hanjin Bao, Xigang Ke
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Characters for dialects: from vernacular Baihua to the Internet [PDF]

open access: yesВосточная Азия: факты и аналитика, 2021
Due to the possibilities of computer typesetting new forms of word representation with various scripts are known to appear even in Standard Mandarin texts written by Internet users.
Zavyalova O.I.
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Language policy and language resources on the Chinese Internet [PDF]

open access: yesВосточная Азия: факты и аналитика, 2020
The language policy and planning in the PRC are represented on various official central and local websites. The annual statistical analysis of Chinese words and characters used online are among the tasks, set by the authorities before the linguists ...
Zavyalova O.I.
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Public attitudes towards dialects: Evidence from 31 Chinese provinces.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundDialect Attitude is conceptualized as an individual's cognitive and affective evaluation of a dialect and its speakers. In the contemporary China, dialect is suffering from significant stigmatization, resulting in social inequalities, which ...
Tianxin Li, Xigang Ke, Jin Li
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Exploring the relationship between mental health and dialect use among Chinese older adults: a moderated mediation estimation

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
BackgroundMental health, conceptualized as psychological status that includes rational cognition, emotional stability, and interpersonal harmony, is highly relevant to the expected health and well-being of all humans.
Tianxin Li, Jin Li, Xigang Ke
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Acoustic Correlates of English Lexical Stress Produced by Chinese Dialect Speakers Compared to Native English Speakers

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
English second language learners often experience difficulties in producing native-like English lexical stress. It is unknown which acoustic correlates, such as fundamental frequency (F0), duration, and intensity, are the most problematic for Chinese ...
Xingrong Guo
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Chinese Transcription of Buddhist Terms in the Late Hàn Dynasty

open access: yesJournal of Open Humanities Data, 2023
This dataset is a compilation of Chinese transcriptions of Buddhist terms produced by translators from the late Hàn period. It is a compilation of the previous works of Coblin (1983), Karashima (2010), Vetter (2012), Hill, Nattier, Granger, and Kollmeier
Julien Baley   +2 more
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