Abstract
This paper is a preliminary report of the aspiration-conditioned tonal split in Leng-shui-jiang (LSJ hereafter) Chinese. So far no consensus has been reached concerning the intrinsic perturbation of aspiration on the F0 of the following vowel. Conflicting data come from both the same language and different languages. In order to shed light on this issue, F0 and Closing quotient (Qx hereafter) are calculated in syllables after aspirated and unaspirated obstruents from six speakers (three male, three female) in LSJ dialect. The results turn out that F0 is significantly lower after the aspirated obstruents in two out of the three tone groups. The relatively lower Qx found in the syllables with aspirated initials is a possible explanation for the lower pitch.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2299-2302 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH |
Publication status | Published - 26 Nov 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2009 - Brighton, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Sept 2009 → 10 Sept 2009 |
Keywords
- Aspiration-conditioned tonal split
- LSJ Chinese
- Subglottal air pressure
- Vocal fold tension
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Signal Processing
- Software
- Sensory Systems