Adopting StudyIntonation CAPT Tools to Tonal Languages Through the Example of Vietnamese

In tonal languages, tones are associated with both and phonological and lexical domains. Accurate tone articulation is required in order to convey the correct meaning. Learning tones at both word and phrase levels is often challenging for L2 learners with non-tonal language background, because of po...

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Published inSHS Web of Conferences Vol. 102; p. 1007
Main Authors Nguyen Van, Nhi, Luu Xuan, Son, Lezhenin, Iurii, Bogach, Natalia, Pyshkin, Evgeny
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Les Ulis EDP Sciences 2021
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Tonal languages
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Summary:In tonal languages, tones are associated with both and phonological and lexical domains. Accurate tone articulation is required in order to convey the correct meaning. Learning tones at both word and phrase levels is often challenging for L2 learners with non-tonal language background, because of possible subtle difference between the close tones. In this paper, we discuss an adoption of StudyIntonation CAPT tools to the case of Vietnamese language being a good example of register tonal language with a complex system of tones comprising such features as tone pitch, its length, contour melody, intensity and phonation. The particular focus of this contribution is to assess the adoption of StudyIntonation course toolkit and its pitch processing and visualization algorithms in order to evaluate how the combined use of audio and visual perception mechanisms supported by StudyIntonation may help learners to improve the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation with respect to tonal languages.
ISSN:2261-2424
2416-5182
2261-2424
DOI:10.1051/shsconf/202110201007