A Summary of Researches on Mandarin Tone Acquisition

Tone acquisition has always been a difficulty and focus of second language acquisition. Many studies have used the way of tone production or perception to reveal the influence of mother tongue experience on tone acquisition. Based on the review, this article discusses some experiments on tone production and perception, reveals the significance of these studies and explores possible future research directions.

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  2022

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  Scientific and Social Research

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  2022-01-20

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  DOI 10.36922/ssr.v4i1.1325
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