@inproceedings{39f91f4b85594e59a0e0b1535865febe,
title = "Using map tasks to investigate the effect of contrastive focus on the mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast",
abstract = "A series of map tasks were designed to investigate whether vowel contexts and prosodic prominence may affect the realizations of the alveolar and retroflex sibilants in Beijing Mandarin and Taiwan Mandarin. Results show that the realizations of the sibilants and their contrast varied by vowel context for most speakers, and were selectively subject to prosodic conditioning for only some speakers. The /u/ vowel context was where the alveolar-retroflex contrast was the least distinct and where an enhanced place contrast was achieved for half of the Beijing Mandarin speakers under focus condition. On the other hand, /u/ was the context where some Taiwan Mandarin speakers showed confusion over the place distinction or hypercorrected in response to focal prominence.",
keywords = "Beijing mandarin, Focus, Mandarin alveolar and retroflex sibilants, Taiwan mandarin, Vowel context",
author = "Chang, {Yung Hsiang Shawn} and Chilin Shih",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.21437/speechprosody.2012-77",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9787560848693",
series = "Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Speech Prosody, SP 2012",
publisher = "Tongji University Press",
pages = "302--305",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Speech Prosody",
note = "6th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2012, SP 2012 ; Conference date: 22-05-2012 Through 25-05-2012",
}