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12 - Mandarin Chinese Syllable Structure and Phonological Similarity

Perception and Production Studies

from Part Three - Phonetic-phonological Issues in Chinese

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2022

By
Karl David Neergaard  and
Chu-Ren Huang
Edited by
Chu-Ren Huang ,
Yen-Hwei Lin ,
I-Hsuan Chen  and
Yu-Yin Hsu
Chu-Ren Huang
Affiliation:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yen-Hwei Lin
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
I-Hsuan Chen
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Yu-Yin Hsu
Affiliation:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Summary

In this chapter, we discuss the Mandarin syllable and recent innovations in its study. The focus will be on the segmentation of the syllable into phonological units, an area of research that features a proposal for the combination of segments into phonological units for almost every permutation possible. At the core of the new work in this area is the combined use of network science and psycholinguistic experimentation. We review exploratory work modeling the lexicon according to phonological networks, wherein words are the nodes of the network and the networks' edges are identified through the addition deletion or substitution of a single segment or lexical tone. We argue that lexical access viewed in light of syllable segmentation modelled through phonological networks sees the lexicon as multiple concurrent networks that, when given the demands of a specific task, activate connections most fit for the goals of the task.

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speech production/perceptionnetwork scienceMandarin Chinesephonological similaritysyllable segmentation
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The Cambridge Handbook of Chinese Linguistics , pp. 245 - 274
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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