From the diachronic dimension,this paper makes a two-way interactive investigation on the integration of Hong Kong Chinese and Mainland Mandarin.“Gao”is a delexical verb in contemporary Chinese.In different words an...From the diachronic dimension,this paper makes a two-way interactive investigation on the integration of Hong Kong Chinese and Mainland Mandarin.“Gao”is a delexical verb in contemporary Chinese.In different words and expressions related to“gao”character,there are mutual absorptions between Chinese mainland and Hong Kong,which is characterized by starting from nothing to something and from less to more.展开更多
Objectives To develop a set of monosyllable audiometry test material that can be used in speech recognition testing in Mandarin Chinese. Materials and Methods In an effort to improve reliability and efficiency in clin...Objectives To develop a set of monosyllable audiometry test material that can be used in speech recognition testing in Mandarin Chinese. Materials and Methods In an effort to improve reliability and efficiency in clinical practice, a set of 30 test lists of 25 monosyllable test items each was designed with consideration of the following: length of the list, phonemical balance (PB), word utility frequency, coverage of common words, and equivalency among lists. The 30 lists contained 750 monosyllabic words and were constructed on the basis of Chinese phoneme distribution probability summarized in the Manual of Acoustic. The occurrence incidence of the 22 consonants, 36 vowels, and 4 tones of the Chinese Mandarin characters in the 30 test lists were calculated. To achieve PB, 489 monosyllables were selected from the 2500 most commonly used Chinese characters and the 4000 most commonly used Chinese phrases to compile the 30 monosyllable test lists using a computer algorithm with manual adjustment. Results Thirty phonemical balanced word lists of common Mandarin Chinese monosyllabic words were compiled. Each list consisted of 25 monosyllables. A total of 489 phonemes (consonants, vowels and tones) were included in the set. Conclusions This set of lists can potentially be used as the basic lists for future development of Mandarin PB monosyllable speech test materials.展开更多
The brain localization debate of lexical tone processing concerns functional hypothesis that lexical tone, owing to its strong linguistic features, is dominant in the left hemisphere, and acoustic hypothesis that all ...The brain localization debate of lexical tone processing concerns functional hypothesis that lexical tone, owing to its strong linguistic features, is dominant in the left hemisphere, and acoustic hypothesis that all pitch patterns, including lexical tone, are dominant in the right hemisphere due to their acoustic features. Lexical tone as a complex signal contains acoustic components that carry linguistic, paralinguistic, and nonlinguistic information. To examine these two hypotheses, the current study adopted triplet stimuli including Chinese characters, their corresponding pinyin with a diacritic, and the four diacritics representing Chinese lexical tones. The stimuli represent the variation of lexical tone for its linguistic and acoustic features. The results of a listening task by Mandarin Chinese speakers with and without aphasia support the functional hypothesis that pitch patterns are lateralized to different hemispheres of the brain depending on their functions, with lexical tone to the left hemisphere as a function of linguistic features.展开更多
Huang (2006) argues that h?n ‘very’, the Mandarin adjective intensifier, is anobligatory type-lifter that transforms simple adjectives to complex adjectives for predicatehood,as is required by the Property Theory (C...Huang (2006) argues that h?n ‘very’, the Mandarin adjective intensifier, is anobligatory type-lifter that transforms simple adjectives to complex adjectives for predicatehood,as is required by the Property Theory (Chierchia, 1984, 1985). This article studies theother cases where h?n is not obligatory and concludes that, in addition to h?n-insertion,affixation, and reduplication identified by Huang (2006), the negator bù and VP or IPmovement can also function as type-lifters for simple adjectives. I further argue that onlyone type-lifter device is allowed per sentence.展开更多
In Dakar, Happy Kids Kindergarten has set itself an ambitious challenge： to teach Senegalese toddlers to speak Chinese. This kindergarten, located in Ngor District, boasts of being the first trilingual school in Sene...In Dakar, Happy Kids Kindergarten has set itself an ambitious challenge： to teach Senegalese toddlers to speak Chinese. This kindergarten, located in Ngor District, boasts of being the first trilingual school in Senegal. In addition to French （the country＇s official language） and English, the school also teaches Mandarin. With China being the world＇s most popu lous country and second largest economy, there is much to benefit from it this decision.展开更多
It is well-known that "butterfly or mandarin duck" is the cultural imagery of traditional Chinese love,while "Rose or chocolate" is the cultural imagery of traditional Western Love.Since the ancien...It is well-known that "butterfly or mandarin duck" is the cultural imagery of traditional Chinese love,while "Rose or chocolate" is the cultural imagery of traditional Western Love.Since the ancient times,the Chinese people have admired the pattern of butterfly or mandarin duck love-style,and Western people have admired the pattern of Rose or Chocolate love-style.The cultural imagery presents love value orientation of people from different countries.All these have been clarified based on the structure form,interpretation form and value form of cultural imagery.展开更多
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether exposing middle school students to content above their ability level produced significant differences in students’confidence in their Chinese as a foreign language...The purpose of this study was to investigate whether exposing middle school students to content above their ability level produced significant differences in students’confidence in their Chinese as a foreign language competence in each of the following four areas:reading,listening,speaking,and learning vocabulary.Participants(N=30)were sixth and seventh graders.Results of paired t-test analyses indicated that there was no significant difference in student confidence in Chinese reading competence,t(30)=0.78,p=0.22;in Chinese speaking competence,t(30)=-0.50,p=0.31;or to learn Chinese vocabulary,t(30)=-0.80,p=0.21.However,there was a significant difference in student confidence in ability to learn Chinese listening,t(30)=-1.78,p<0.05.It is suggested that exposing students to content well above their ability level can increase their confidence in ability to learn Chinese listening.展开更多
背景与目的咳嗽是肺部手术后的主要并发症之一,严重影响患者术后生活质量。保留迷走神经肺支可能降低患者术后咳嗽发生率。因此,本研究旨在探究保留迷走神经肺支是否能够降低I期肺腺癌患者术后慢性咳嗽发生率。方法前瞻性选取2022年6月...背景与目的咳嗽是肺部手术后的主要并发症之一,严重影响患者术后生活质量。保留迷走神经肺支可能降低患者术后咳嗽发生率。因此,本研究旨在探究保留迷走神经肺支是否能够降低I期肺腺癌患者术后慢性咳嗽发生率。方法前瞻性选取2022年6月至2023年6月于中国科学技术大学附属第一医院胸外科行单孔胸腔镜肺癌根治术患者125例,根据术中是否保留迷走神经肺支分为保留迷走神经肺支组(n=61)和传统组(n=64)。记录两组患者一般临床资料、围手术期情况、淋巴结清扫情况、术前及术后8周中文版莱斯特咳嗽问卷(Mandarin Chinese version of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire,LCQ-MC)评分。将两组患者根据术中淋巴结清扫后是否填塞自体脂肪或吸收性明胶海绵分为填塞组及非填塞组,比较两组亚组间LCQ-MC评分及术后慢性咳嗽情况。结果传统组术后8周LCQ-MC评分在生理、心理、社会及总分方面明显低于保留迷走神经肺支组,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05);咳嗽患者较保留迷走神经肺支组更多(P=0.006)。保留迷走神经肺支组和传统组分别进行亚组分析,保留迷走神经肺支组患者和传统组患者中,非填塞组术后8周LCQ-MC评分均低于填塞组(P<0.05),非填塞组术后8周咳嗽患者均较填塞组更多(P=0.001,P=0.024)。结论对于I期周围型肺腺癌患者行手术治疗时,保留迷走神经肺支安全有效,能够降低患者术后慢性咳嗽发生率,提高患者术后生活质量。展开更多
背景与目的肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽是最常见的并发症之一,严重影响患者术后生活质量,目前国内尚无关于肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽预测模型。因此,本研究旨在探讨肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽相关危险因素,构建预测模型并进行验证。方法回顾性分析2021...背景与目的肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽是最常见的并发症之一,严重影响患者术后生活质量,目前国内尚无关于肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽预测模型。因此,本研究旨在探讨肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽相关危险因素,构建预测模型并进行验证。方法回顾性分析2021年1月至2023年6月于中国科学技术大学附属第一医院接受肺部切除术的499例患者的临床资料和术后咳嗽情况,按7:3随机分配原则分为训练集(n=348)和验证集(n=151),根据训练集患者术后是否慢性咳嗽分为咳嗽组和非咳嗽组。使用中文版莱斯特咳嗽问卷(The Mandarin-Chinese version of Leicester cough questionnare,LCQ-MC)评估术前、术后咳嗽的严重程度及其对患者生活质量的影响,采用咳嗽视觉模拟量表(visual analog scale,VAS)和自拟的数字评分法(numerical rating scale,NRS)评估术后慢性咳嗽,采用单因素和多因素Logistic回归分析独立危险因素和模型构建,受试者工作特征(receiver operator characteristic,ROC)曲线评估模型区分度,校准曲线评估模型的一致性,绘制决策曲线分析(decision curve analysis,DCA)评估模型的临床应用价值。结果多因素Logistic分析筛选出术前用力呼气第1秒呼气量与用力肺活量比(forced expiratory volume in the first second/forced vital capacity,FEV_(1)/FVC)、手术方式、行上纵隔淋巴结清扫、行隆突下淋巴结清扫、术后胸腔闭式引流时间是术后慢性咳嗽的独立危险因素,基于多因素分析结果构建列线图预测模型。ROC曲线下面积为0.954(95%CI:0.930-0.978),最大约登指数所对应的临界值为0.171,此时敏感度为94.7%,特异度为86.6%。Bootstrap法抽样1000次,校准曲线图预测的肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽与实际发生风险高度一致。DCA显示当预测模型概率的预概率为0.1-0.9之间,患者表现为正的净收益。结论肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽严重影响患者生活质量。列线图的可视化展现形式有助于准确预测肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽,为临床决策提供支持。展开更多
Serum immunoglobulin from the mandarin fish, or the so called Chinese perch, Siniperca chuatsi (Basilewsky), was successfully purified using affinity chromatography. Heavy and light chains were detected on electrophor...Serum immunoglobulin from the mandarin fish, or the so called Chinese perch, Siniperca chuatsi (Basilewsky), was successfully purified using affinity chromatography. Heavy and light chains were detected on electrophoresis gel, with molecular weights being estimated at 72 and 29 kDa, respectively. The tetrameric IgM of S. chuatsi was calculated to be 808 kDa. The rabbit polyclonal antisera against the purifed immunoglobulin were developed and tested by Western blot analysis. The antisera reacted strongly with the heavy chains of S. chuatsi immunoglobulin. Humoral immune responses of the mandarin fish can then be examined using the developed polyclonal antibody.展开更多
文摘From the diachronic dimension,this paper makes a two-way interactive investigation on the integration of Hong Kong Chinese and Mainland Mandarin.“Gao”is a delexical verb in contemporary Chinese.In different words and expressions related to“gao”character,there are mutual absorptions between Chinese mainland and Hong Kong,which is characterized by starting from nothing to something and from less to more.
基金supported by grants from open Foundation of National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition of the CAS (08-03-01)National Tenth Five-year Project for Scientific and Technological Development of China(2007BAI18B12, 2008BAI50B01, 2008BAI50B08)
文摘Objectives To develop a set of monosyllable audiometry test material that can be used in speech recognition testing in Mandarin Chinese. Materials and Methods In an effort to improve reliability and efficiency in clinical practice, a set of 30 test lists of 25 monosyllable test items each was designed with consideration of the following: length of the list, phonemical balance (PB), word utility frequency, coverage of common words, and equivalency among lists. The 30 lists contained 750 monosyllabic words and were constructed on the basis of Chinese phoneme distribution probability summarized in the Manual of Acoustic. The occurrence incidence of the 22 consonants, 36 vowels, and 4 tones of the Chinese Mandarin characters in the 30 test lists were calculated. To achieve PB, 489 monosyllables were selected from the 2500 most commonly used Chinese characters and the 4000 most commonly used Chinese phrases to compile the 30 monosyllable test lists using a computer algorithm with manual adjustment. Results Thirty phonemical balanced word lists of common Mandarin Chinese monosyllabic words were compiled. Each list consisted of 25 monosyllables. A total of 489 phonemes (consonants, vowels and tones) were included in the set. Conclusions This set of lists can potentially be used as the basic lists for future development of Mandarin PB monosyllable speech test materials.
文摘The brain localization debate of lexical tone processing concerns functional hypothesis that lexical tone, owing to its strong linguistic features, is dominant in the left hemisphere, and acoustic hypothesis that all pitch patterns, including lexical tone, are dominant in the right hemisphere due to their acoustic features. Lexical tone as a complex signal contains acoustic components that carry linguistic, paralinguistic, and nonlinguistic information. To examine these two hypotheses, the current study adopted triplet stimuli including Chinese characters, their corresponding pinyin with a diacritic, and the four diacritics representing Chinese lexical tones. The stimuli represent the variation of lexical tone for its linguistic and acoustic features. The results of a listening task by Mandarin Chinese speakers with and without aphasia support the functional hypothesis that pitch patterns are lateralized to different hemispheres of the brain depending on their functions, with lexical tone to the left hemisphere as a function of linguistic features.
文摘Huang (2006) argues that h?n ‘very’, the Mandarin adjective intensifier, is anobligatory type-lifter that transforms simple adjectives to complex adjectives for predicatehood,as is required by the Property Theory (Chierchia, 1984, 1985). This article studies theother cases where h?n is not obligatory and concludes that, in addition to h?n-insertion,affixation, and reduplication identified by Huang (2006), the negator bù and VP or IPmovement can also function as type-lifters for simple adjectives. I further argue that onlyone type-lifter device is allowed per sentence.
文摘In Dakar, Happy Kids Kindergarten has set itself an ambitious challenge： to teach Senegalese toddlers to speak Chinese. This kindergarten, located in Ngor District, boasts of being the first trilingual school in Senegal. In addition to French （the country＇s official language） and English, the school also teaches Mandarin. With China being the world＇s most popu lous country and second largest economy, there is much to benefit from it this decision.
基金This paper is the phased result of"Research on Multiculture and Talent Cultivation",Humanities and Social Science Project of Departm ent of Education in Anhui Province( 2011 sk352zd )"Life Education in College English Teaching Reform in Class",one of the Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform Projects in East China University of Science and Technology ( YS0126115 )
文摘It is well-known that "butterfly or mandarin duck" is the cultural imagery of traditional Chinese love,while "Rose or chocolate" is the cultural imagery of traditional Western Love.Since the ancient times,the Chinese people have admired the pattern of butterfly or mandarin duck love-style,and Western people have admired the pattern of Rose or Chocolate love-style.The cultural imagery presents love value orientation of people from different countries.All these have been clarified based on the structure form,interpretation form and value form of cultural imagery.
文摘The purpose of this study was to investigate whether exposing middle school students to content above their ability level produced significant differences in students’confidence in their Chinese as a foreign language competence in each of the following four areas:reading,listening,speaking,and learning vocabulary.Participants(N=30)were sixth and seventh graders.Results of paired t-test analyses indicated that there was no significant difference in student confidence in Chinese reading competence,t(30)=0.78,p=0.22;in Chinese speaking competence,t(30)=-0.50,p=0.31;or to learn Chinese vocabulary,t(30)=-0.80,p=0.21.However,there was a significant difference in student confidence in ability to learn Chinese listening,t(30)=-1.78,p<0.05.It is suggested that exposing students to content well above their ability level can increase their confidence in ability to learn Chinese listening.
文摘背景与目的咳嗽是肺部手术后的主要并发症之一,严重影响患者术后生活质量。保留迷走神经肺支可能降低患者术后咳嗽发生率。因此,本研究旨在探究保留迷走神经肺支是否能够降低I期肺腺癌患者术后慢性咳嗽发生率。方法前瞻性选取2022年6月至2023年6月于中国科学技术大学附属第一医院胸外科行单孔胸腔镜肺癌根治术患者125例,根据术中是否保留迷走神经肺支分为保留迷走神经肺支组(n=61)和传统组(n=64)。记录两组患者一般临床资料、围手术期情况、淋巴结清扫情况、术前及术后8周中文版莱斯特咳嗽问卷(Mandarin Chinese version of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire,LCQ-MC)评分。将两组患者根据术中淋巴结清扫后是否填塞自体脂肪或吸收性明胶海绵分为填塞组及非填塞组,比较两组亚组间LCQ-MC评分及术后慢性咳嗽情况。结果传统组术后8周LCQ-MC评分在生理、心理、社会及总分方面明显低于保留迷走神经肺支组,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05);咳嗽患者较保留迷走神经肺支组更多(P=0.006)。保留迷走神经肺支组和传统组分别进行亚组分析,保留迷走神经肺支组患者和传统组患者中,非填塞组术后8周LCQ-MC评分均低于填塞组(P<0.05),非填塞组术后8周咳嗽患者均较填塞组更多(P=0.001,P=0.024)。结论对于I期周围型肺腺癌患者行手术治疗时,保留迷走神经肺支安全有效,能够降低患者术后慢性咳嗽发生率,提高患者术后生活质量。
文摘背景与目的肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽是最常见的并发症之一,严重影响患者术后生活质量,目前国内尚无关于肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽预测模型。因此,本研究旨在探讨肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽相关危险因素,构建预测模型并进行验证。方法回顾性分析2021年1月至2023年6月于中国科学技术大学附属第一医院接受肺部切除术的499例患者的临床资料和术后咳嗽情况,按7:3随机分配原则分为训练集(n=348)和验证集(n=151),根据训练集患者术后是否慢性咳嗽分为咳嗽组和非咳嗽组。使用中文版莱斯特咳嗽问卷(The Mandarin-Chinese version of Leicester cough questionnare,LCQ-MC)评估术前、术后咳嗽的严重程度及其对患者生活质量的影响,采用咳嗽视觉模拟量表(visual analog scale,VAS)和自拟的数字评分法(numerical rating scale,NRS)评估术后慢性咳嗽,采用单因素和多因素Logistic回归分析独立危险因素和模型构建,受试者工作特征(receiver operator characteristic,ROC)曲线评估模型区分度,校准曲线评估模型的一致性,绘制决策曲线分析(decision curve analysis,DCA)评估模型的临床应用价值。结果多因素Logistic分析筛选出术前用力呼气第1秒呼气量与用力肺活量比(forced expiratory volume in the first second/forced vital capacity,FEV_(1)/FVC)、手术方式、行上纵隔淋巴结清扫、行隆突下淋巴结清扫、术后胸腔闭式引流时间是术后慢性咳嗽的独立危险因素,基于多因素分析结果构建列线图预测模型。ROC曲线下面积为0.954(95%CI:0.930-0.978),最大约登指数所对应的临界值为0.171,此时敏感度为94.7%,特异度为86.6%。Bootstrap法抽样1000次,校准曲线图预测的肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽与实际发生风险高度一致。DCA显示当预测模型概率的预概率为0.1-0.9之间,患者表现为正的净收益。结论肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽严重影响患者生活质量。列线图的可视化展现形式有助于准确预测肺部切除术后慢性咳嗽,为临床决策提供支持。
文摘Serum immunoglobulin from the mandarin fish, or the so called Chinese perch, Siniperca chuatsi (Basilewsky), was successfully purified using affinity chromatography. Heavy and light chains were detected on electrophoresis gel, with molecular weights being estimated at 72 and 29 kDa, respectively. The tetrameric IgM of S. chuatsi was calculated to be 808 kDa. The rabbit polyclonal antisera against the purifed immunoglobulin were developed and tested by Western blot analysis. The antisera reacted strongly with the heavy chains of S. chuatsi immunoglobulin. Humoral immune responses of the mandarin fish can then be examined using the developed polyclonal antibody.
