Language-specificity at early levels of Mandarin tone perception by Chinese listeners

The influence of perception on phonology and historical sound change has been discussed by various researchers from very early on (e.g., Trubetzkoy, 1969 (1939)). In Jakobson, Fant, & Halle (1952), perceptual features are treated as primary (see also Jakobson & Halle, 1956). But the generative tradition of phonology since Chomsky & Halle (1968) centers on articulator