Cross-Modal Perceptions in Mandarin & Cantonese

THIS QUIZ IS NOW CLOSED

SEEKING ENGLISH SPEAKERS! This quiz investigates speech perceptions and visual intuitions, for sounds in the Mandarin and Cantonese. How do we perceive sounds when we listen to languages we are unfamiliar with? And how do we link this information from hearing to vision? We have completed the Quizzes for Mandarin and Cantonese speakers (listening to sounds from their own languages), and are now looking for English speakers with no experience of Chinese (or other tonal* languages) for the next round.

This short Quiz takes about 10 minutes to complete. It uses different sounds and images from other Quizzes you might find on the BLIP Games page.

FOR_Langs This quiz is designed for people who speak particular languages.

When live, select the appropriate test, and click on the blue Quiz button (below) to play.

For people who speak…
mainly Mandarin
(with no Cantonese)
.
For people who speak…
mainly Cantonese
(with or without Mandarin)
.
For people who speak…
English
(with no Chinese Thai, Vietnamese, Lao
or other tonal* languages).

This quiz has been developed by Guinevere Lye Shuen Yi, a student at NTU, working under the supervision of Asst Prof Suzy Styles. Click on the Quiz to begin the study.

[box]*Tonal languages include the different varieties of Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka, Hainanese and others), other Sinitio-Tibetan languages (including Burmese and the langauges of Lhasa and Bhutan) as well as a number of South East Asian languages (including Thai, Vietnamese, Lao and the Hmong–Mien/Miao–Yao family), a number of indigenous languages of the Americas (including Navaho and other Athabascan languages, Ukatec and Tzotzil, but not most Mayan languages), a large number of African languages (including Hausa, Wolof, Chadic and Omotic, but NOT Swahili), some Papuan languages, and a few other languages scattered across the globe.

Most Indo-European languages, including English are NON-TONAL (with the exception of Punjabi and Lahdna). Japanese is usually considered NON-TONAL. Other NON-TONAL Asian languages also include Malay, Khmer and Amdo Tibetan. Wikipedia has a good article about tonal languages if you would like to find out more about this property of language.

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More information about the study is available once you decide to take part.

If you have questions or comments about the study, you can use this form to contact Guinevere.

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