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Do primary language tones effect second language accents?
Hi, just had a thought. Do, for example, Chinese people speaking English apply the tones they use for the Chinese word to the English translation?
I.e. subconsciously speaking the english word with the same or similar intonation as the Chinese equivalent.
Thanks!
u/Chris_El_Deafo — 23 hours ago