dc.contributor.author | Jian, Hua-Li | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-21T13:14:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-21T13:14:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Jian, H. L. (2015). On English speakers' ability to communicate emotion in Mandarin. Canadian Modern Language Review, 71(2), 182-210. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-4506 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 1188609 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/3152 | |
dc.description.abstract | The ability of Mandarin learners to express emotion in Mandarin
has received little attention. This study examines how English L1 users
express emotions in Mandarin and how this expression differs from that of
Mandarin L1 users. Scenarios were adopted to elicit joy, anger, sadness, fear,
and neutrality. Both groups articulated anger, joy, and fear with a high pitch.
Both groups also employed high intensity for anger and joy and low intensity
for sadness and fear. Learners generally employed larger F0 ranges than
native speakers, particularly for anger and fear. Learners articulated level
tones with lengthened duration and contour tones with shortened duration,
affecting the correctness of the portrayal of emotions. Learners used a similar
intensity range for all emotions, whereas native speakers tended to vary the
intensity with different emotions. The results have implications for teaching
Mandarin as a second language with special reference to prosodic naturalness
in expressing emotions. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Toronto Press | en_US |
dc.subject | Speech expressing emotion | en_US |
dc.subject | English L1 | en_US |
dc.subject | Mandarin L2 | en_US |
dc.subject | Prosody | en_US |
dc.subject | Acoustics | en_US |
dc.title | On English Speakers Ability to Communicate Emotion in Mandarin | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.2104.78 | |