Perceptual Acquisition of Norwegian Close Rounded Vowels by Mandarin Chinese Learners of Norwegian

This thesis examines the perceptual acquisition of the Norwegian close rounded vowel inventory by six Mandarin Chinese learners of Norwegian. While Mandarin Chinese only has the close rounded contrast /y/ - /u/, Norwegian has the close rounded contrasts /y/ - /ʉ/ and /ʉ/- /u/. Through perception tes...

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Main Author: Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for språk- og kommunikasjonsstudier 2013
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-21626