Research Article

Constructing the Mandarin Phonological Network: Novel Syllable Inventory Used to Identify Schematic Segmentation

Table 1

Experiment 1 stimuli.

Example pairs

bi3~bian3chi3~zi3diu1~di1fo2~fei2
huang2~hua2ka3~kua3lie4~luo4mian2~miao2
miu4~you4nie4~nue4ou1~sou1piao4~pao4
ran2~rang2shan1~shan4tian2~tuan2zhe4~zhen4

Practice

bing1cai2chu1fa3guai4
mei2reng2shuo1song4zui4

Test

Base Rime+C+CBase Rime+C+C

a1ba3ma1wang4kuang2zhuang1
ai4gai1zai4wei2chui1tui3
an4nan2san1wen4hun4zun1
ang2shang4tang3weng1
ao4kao4lao3wo3cuo4huo2
e4che1de2wu3fu4ru2
ei4hei1pei2ya4dia3xia4
en1fen4gen1yan3tian1qian2pian4
deng3zheng4yang3niang2xiang3
ren2sen1yao4tiao2xiao3
er2ye2bie2jie1
di4li3ni3yi1ji1qi3
lin2pin1yin1jin4xin1
ming2ting1ying2jing3qing3
ri4si3yong4qiong2xiong2
bo1mo2you3niu2qiu2
hong2cong2yu3lv4nv3
ou4hou4rou4yuan2juan4quan2
wa1gua4zhua1yue4jue2xue2
wai4kuai4shuai4yun4lun2xun2
wan2guan3suan4