In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, using intracranial recordings, researchers investigated the neural basis of lexical tone production in native Mandarin speakers. They ...

Lexical tones, which involve specific pitch contours that differentiate word meanings, are fundamental to tonal languages such as Mandarin and Cantonese. In both languages, subtle variations in pitch, ...

Students check out the new Voice Blox device that aims to help non-native Mandarin speakers with their tones. Photo for China Daily The perils of getting the tone wrong in a Mandarin conversation are ...