Development of Extrinsic Normalization of Lexical Tones in Cantonese-Speaking Children
Cantonese-speaking children matured in their ability to normalize level tones at age of 8 years. This ability was positively associated with linguistic skill and musical pitch sensitivity. In addition, Cantonese level tone normalization is a speech-specific perceptual process.
Authors
- Gang Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1465-1301)
- Yicheng Rong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4998-3856)
- Yi Weng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0943-7132)
Institutions
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_jslhr-24-00812
- Primary Topic
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00