Why would aspiration lower the pitch of the following vowel? Observations from Leng-shui-jiang Chinese

Caicai Zhang

Why would aspiration lower the pitch of the following vowel? Observations from Leng-shui-jiang Chinese

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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
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

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Why would aspiration lower the pitch of the following vowel? Observations from Leng-shui-jiang Chinese

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