ThisbookconsolidatesandreconcilesanumberofcompetingtheoreticalmodelsforthealignmentsofprenuclearglidesinMandarin,inlightofevidencefromslips-of-thetonguedataandexperimentalacoustics.ThebookstartsoutwithageneralexplorationofsyllabletheoriesandanoverviewofMandarinsyllablestructures,focusingonlongstandingproblemsandtheaspectsofphonologicaltheoriestowhichtheseproblemsarepertinent.Themethodologyforacousticmeasurements,resultsofstatisticanalyses,anddiscussionofacousticfindingsarethenrendered,followedbytwochaptersonslips-of-the-tonguedata.Whilenoneoftheformalframeworksadequatelyaccountsforourfindings,aconstraint-basedtheoryoffersbetterpotentialgiventhenon-unitarystructuresitpermits.Thisbookthusalsoaimstodemonstratehowpsycholinguisticandacousticfindingscanhelpresolvecertainapparentconflictsamongdifferentapproachesandhowsuchfindingscanbeincorporatedinapsycholinguisticmodelofspeechproductionplanning.Asubstantialamountoftheslips-of-the-tonguedataisprovidedtohelpvalidatethefindingsaswellastofacilitatefurtherstudybyotherresearchers.
I-PingWanreceivedherPh.D.inLinguisticsfromtheDepartmentofLinguisticsandaPh.D.certificatefromtheCenterforCognitiveScience,attheUniversityatBuffalo,StateUniversityofNewYork(SUNY-Buffalo),in1999.ShethentaughtatNationalDongHuaUniversityforayearandhasbeenteachingattheGraduateInstituteofLinguistics,NationalChengchiUniversity,sincefall2000.Herresearchareasincludephonology,phonetics,psycholinguisticsandcognitivescience.
