30.257, Books: Production and Perception of Kaifeng Mandarin Tones: Wang

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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:42:43
From: J. van Duijn Genet [lot at uva.nl]
Subject: Production and Perception of Kaifeng Mandarin Tones: Wang

 


Title: Production and Perception of Kaifeng Mandarin Tones 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/production-and-perception-of-kaifeng-mandarin-tones 


Author: Lei Wang

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460933110 Pages: 154 Price: Europe EURO 29.00


Abstract:

This dissertation presents a phonetic study of the four syllabic tone
melodies, phonologically represented as LH, HL, H and L, in the Zhongyuan
Mandarin dialect of Kaifeng, spoken in the east central Henan Province of
China. There are three speaker-dependent f0 contours for L, two of which, the
dipping L and the falling L, were equally discriminable overall in an
identification task that pitted them against each of LH, HL and H, but with
the falling L favouring distinctiveness from LH and the dipping one from HL.
The inter-speaker variation of L thus reflects the persistent maintenance of
an undecided competition between alternative phonetic enhancements of L. In
addition, it presents two cases of incomplete neutralization in the tonal
phonology that suggest that this phenomenon may have to be accounted for by
the speaker’s inhibition in the pronunciation of derived forms. The findings
highlight the importance of detailed phonological and phonetic analyses of
Chinese languages for linguistic research.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)


Written In: English  (eng)

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