Questions tagged [accent]
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How “bad” is a Taiwanese accent on the mainland? [closed]
If I learn to talk like my co-worker from Taipei, is that likely to make things difficult for me on the mainland (whether by impeding understanding or by arousing suspicions)?
I have no idea if and ...
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how do dialects deal with two seperate falling tones accents?
I've asked a similar question before:
Dialects/Topolects: Tone Marks?
but I want to make this more specific here.
I know not everyone agrees with tone accents in dialects/topolects - but just for ...
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How is non-standard Cantonese spoken by some mainland Chinese speakers different from “standard” pronunciation?
As someone who's more or less a native Cantonese speaker, I've noticed that some speakers from mainland China (from Cantonese speaking areas) sound "weird", in that I could clearly notice a difference ...
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Chinese words for “accent”
The English word accent, as in the flavor of one's speech, is typically translated as 口音 or 腔调. What is the difference between these two Chinese expressions?
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Do Southern Chinese speakers have any greater propensity towards using 啦 than Northern Chinese speakers?
I'll provide some context that leads me to suspect this. I am the American born son of Overseas Chinese who were born and raised in Myanmar. The dominant household language ended up being a mixture of ...
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Why Cantonese is considered as a dialect of Chinese?
Can someone explain why Cantonese is considered as a dialect of Chinese, instead of a language? It is also for any language exist in China, both land and Taiwan (Cantonese, Hunanese, Fujianese, ...
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Do some (prestige?) accents swap /v/ or /f/ for /w/?
I have only a layman's grasp of phonology and a poor ear to boot, but it seems to me that for many Chinese whom I am told have markedly standard pronunciation, /w/ and some type of labiodental ...
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Why do Chinese “extend” the last word when speaking?
I've hear on many occasions that Chinese prolong the last word in a sentence, for example:
ni hao ma ?
becomes
ni hao maaaaa ?
(I'm not sure that's clear enough but can't think of a better way ...
