title: [Dichotic perception of Mandarin third tone by Mexican Chinese learners].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between the advantage ear (cerebral hemisphere) of Spanish-speaking Mexican learners and the third Chinese tone.
  
  
  METHODS
  Third tone Chinese vowel syllables were used as experimental materials with dichotic listening technology to test the Spanish-speaking Mexican Chinese learners (20-32 years old) who studied Chinese about 20 h.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In terms of error rates to identify the third Chinese tone, the Spanish-speaking Mexican Chinese learners's reaction to the third tone suggested that their left ears were the advantageous ear (the right cerebral hemisphere) (Z=-2.091, P=0.036).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The verbal information of tones influenced the perception of Mexican Chinese learners' mandarin tones. In the process of learning mandarin tones, Mexican Chinese learners gradually formed the category of tones.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing 100024, China wanghongbin@bisu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hongbin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008800:Mexico; D013067:Speech Perception; D055815:Young Adult