Essays about: "Olle Linge"

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  1. 1. Teaching the third tone in Standard Chinese: Tone representation in textbooks and its consequences for students

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kinesiska

    Author : Olle Linge; [2011]
    Keywords : Chinese; Phonology; Tone; Third tone; Teaching; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The goal of this paper is to examine various representations of the third tone in Standard Chinese, both in academic literature and textbooks for beginners, and then evaluate what consequences the choice of representation has for tone instruction. It was found that linguists primarily prefer two models, even though slight deviations were found: either a traditional approach describing the third tone as a falling-rising tone or a model representing the third tone as an essentially low tone. READ MORE