An online database of phonological representations for Mandarin Chinese.
A Web-based database is developed to provide psycholinguists with a large-scale phonological representation system for all Mandarin Chinese monosyllables. The construction of the system is based on the slot-based phonological pattern generator (PatPho), with an adequate consideration of the language-specific features of the Chinese phonology. Users can retrieve the relevant phonological representations through an interactive query system on the Web. The query outcomes can be saved in a number of formats, such as Excel spreadsheets, for further analyses. This representation system can be used for a variety of purposes--in particular, connectionist language modeling and, more generally, the study of Chinese phonology.
Zhao
Xiaowei
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University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA. xzhao2@richmond.edu
Li
Ping
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D002681:China; D016208:Databases, Factual; D020407:Internet; D007802:Language; D013060:Speech