Affiliation:
1. Macquarie University, Australia
Abstract
Abstract
This review attempts to chart a research program that focuses on tonal bilingualism. More than 70% of the world
languages use pitch contours to disambiguate word meanings, however, limited empirical and theoretical effort was made to
understand the processing mechanisms of lexical tones in the bilingual context. This article will start with the main
characteristics of tonal languages, with a focus on Mandarin Chinese, followed by empirical findings on lexical tones in both
monolingual and bilingual populations. Finally, this article will propose a few important theoretical issues relevant to tonal
bilingualism and implications of learning a tonal language as a second/foreign language.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
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