Abstract
This study investigated the tone sandhi in the Lishui Wu dialect, an understudied variety of Southern Wu dialects in Zhejiang Province, China. Previous studies
showed that the tone sandhi in the Lishui dialect is mostly right-dominant, but there seem to be no uniform patterns across items and speakers. We recruited 4 elderly and 4 young native speakers of Lishui Wu and conducted acoustic analyses of the f0 of the first syllable in both disyllabic real and pseudo words. Overall, our results did not reveal consistent sandhi patterns for both real and pseudo words, but the first syllable tended to be mostly produced as
falling tones (with different slopes), with the pitch onset height conditioned by the yin and yang tones. Further analyses also found that young speakers
showed a larger similarity between the sandhi and citation tones than elderly speakers, indicating some generational changes in Lishui tone sandhi.
showed that the tone sandhi in the Lishui dialect is mostly right-dominant, but there seem to be no uniform patterns across items and speakers. We recruited 4 elderly and 4 young native speakers of Lishui Wu and conducted acoustic analyses of the f0 of the first syllable in both disyllabic real and pseudo words. Overall, our results did not reveal consistent sandhi patterns for both real and pseudo words, but the first syllable tended to be mostly produced as
falling tones (with different slopes), with the pitch onset height conditioned by the yin and yang tones. Further analyses also found that young speakers
showed a larger similarity between the sandhi and citation tones than elderly speakers, indicating some generational changes in Lishui tone sandhi.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Prague 2023 |
Editors | Radek Skarnitzl, Jan Volín |
Place of Publication | Prague, Czech Republic |
Publisher | Guarant International |
Pages | 1945-1949 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-80-908 114-2-3 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2023 |
Event | The 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Prague Congress Center, Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 7 Aug 2023 → 11 Aug 2023 |
Congress
Congress | The 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences |
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Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
City | Prague |
Period | 7/08/23 → 11/08/23 |
Keywords
- Tone sandhi
- Lishui Wu
- age
- lexicality