A linguistic‐phonetic acoustic analysis of shanghai tones
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Australian Journal of Linguistics
- Vol. 13 (2) , 185-220
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07268609308599495
Abstract
The linguistic phonetic properties of Shanghai tones are specified from normalised mean fundamental frequency and duration data of four male and three female speakers. Corroborative normalised F0 shapes are derived for an additional nine Shanghai speakers, and the Shanghai data compared with another Wu dialect. A linguistic phonetic contrast is demonstrated between the two varieties in their falling tones, and in consonantally induced F0 onset perturbations. The importance of retaining durational relationships in normalisation is demonstrated.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Considerations in the normalisation of the fundamental frequency of linguistic tonePublished by Elsevier ,2003
- An exploration of phonation types in Wu dialects of ChineseJournal of Phonetics, 1992
- Who do phoneticians represent?Journal of Phonetics, 1990
- Acoustics and Phonology of Complex Tone SandhiPhonetica, 1990
- Variable norms of tones in Beijing prosody.Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, 1985
- Pitch and compass of the speaking voiceJournal of the International Phonetic Association, 1971