https://zhaofylisa.github.io/tags/heritage-speakers/Heritage SpeakersHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)en-usTue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zhaofylisa.github.io/media/icon_hu13240963484263628330.pnghttps://zhaofylisa.github.io/tags/heritage-speakers/https://zhaofylisa.github.io/project/maskingtonetiming/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zhaofylisa.github.io/project/maskingtonetiming/<h2 id="motivation">Motivation</h2> <p>Auditory feedback is central to speech motor control, but its role in the temporal coordination of tonal and segmental articulation remains unclear.</p> <h2 id="method">Method</h2> <p>This study examines tone–segment timing in 10 L1 and 5 heritage Mandarin speakers under normal and noise-masked auditory feedback.</p> <h2 id="results">Results</h2> <p>Bayesian distributional regression models showed that tone-onset-to-syllable-onset coordination was the most stable temporal relationship. Noise masking reduced temporal variability for L1 speakers, consistent with increased reliance on internal (or predictive) feedback control, but had little effect on heritage speakers. These findings provide evidence that auditory feedback contributes to the stability of tone–segment timing, and that the ability to rely on internal feedback when external feedback is degraded depends on language experience.</p>