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Lexical Tone Perception

Lexical Tone Perception is the cognitive ability to discern and interpret pitch variations in speech that distinguish word meanings in tonal languages, distinguished from other aspects of speech perception by its specific reliance on fundamental frequency contours to encode lexical identity.

388

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18.7K

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791

Authors

333

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2017–2026

117

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Publications

388

Cross-domain Effects of Music and Language Experience on the Representation of Pitch in the Human Auditory Brainstem

Gavin M. Bidelman, Jackson T. Gandour, Ananthanarayan Krishnan · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · 2009 · 354 citations

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Chinese and English Infants' Tone Perception: Evidence for Perceptual Reorganization

Karen Mattock, Denis Burnham · Infancy · 2006 · 320 citations

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A Crosslinguistic PET Study of Tone Perception

Jack Gandour, Donald Wong, Li Hsieh et al. · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · 2000 · 291 citations

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Perceptual learning of Cantonese lexical tones by tone and non-tone language speakers

Alexander L. Francis, Valter Ciocca, Lian Ma et al. · Journal of Phonetics · 2008 · 258 citations

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Cross-language Perception of Non-native Tonal Contrasts: Effects of Native Phonological and Phonetic Influences

Connie K. So, Catherine T. Best · Language and Speech · 2010 · 251 citations

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Authors

791

  1. DB
    Denis Burnham

    Western Sydney University, Australia

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

    h-index

  2. PC
    Patrick C. M. Wong

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    19 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

    h-index

  3. VC
    Valter Ciocca

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    13 publications · 880 citations

    13

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  4. CZ
    Caicai Zhang

    Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China

    12 publications · 346 citations

    12

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  5. GP
    Gang Peng

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    11 publications · 274 citations

    11

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Institutions

333

  1. Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    24 h-index

    103 publications

    4K citations

  2. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    24 h-index

    85 publications

    3.6K citations

  3. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    20 h-index

    52 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. Ohio University

    Athens, United States

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    14 h-index

    46 publications

    943 citations

  6. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    711 citations

  7. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    14 h-index

    56 publications

    2.4K citations

  8. Beijing Language and Culture University

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    704 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 48 publications · 2.3K citations

    27

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  2. Frontiers in Psychology

    24 publications · 833 citations

    18

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  3. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

    JSLHR · 19 publications · 864 citations

    15

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  4. Language and Speech

    13 publications · 955 citations

    12

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  5. PLoS ONE

    13 publications · 374 citations

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