Implicit Target Substitution and Sequencing for Lexical Tone Production in Chinese: An fMRI Study

In this study, we examine the neural substrates underlying Tone 3 sandhi and tone sequencing in Mandarin Chinese using fMRI. Tone 3 sandhi is traditionally described as the substitution of Tone 3 with Tone 2 when followed by another Tone 3 (i.e., 33→23). According to current speech production models...

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Main Authors: Chang, Hui-Chuan, Lee, Hsin-Ju, Tzeng, Ovid J. L., Kuo, Wen-Jui
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888393/