Exploring the Effects of Imitating Hand Gestures and Head Nods on L1 and L2 Mandarin Tone Production.
Purpose: This study investigated the impact of metaphoric actions--head nods and hand gestures--in producing Mandarin tones for first language (L1) and second language (L2) speakers. Method: In 2 experiments, participants imitated videos of Mandarin tones produced under 3 conditions: (a) speech alon...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 61; no. 9; pp. 2179 - 2196 |
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