When you chuang to close the chuang because you want to go to chuang: Modeling spoken word recognition in Chinese

Many East Asian languages, including Mandarin Chinese, are tonal. That means that the meaning of a spoken word is determined by the pitch pattern of its pronunciation. Although very difficult to differentiate by non-Chinese-speaking people, subtle changes in tone can make the difference between a bed and a window. Recent research has managed to instantiate tonal differentiation in a computational model of spoken word recognition.

Source: Psychonomic Society News - April 21, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news