Tone 4 and Tone 3 Discrimination in Modern Standard Chinese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10255151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva Gårding (Lund University, corresponding author), Paul Kratochvil (0000-0002-3326-3814, University of Cambridge), Jan-Olof Svantesson (Lund University), Jan‐olof Svantesson, Jialu Zhang (0000-0002-4951-899X, Academia Sinica, Beijing) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 281-293 |
| Publication date | 1986-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language and Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8309 • E-ISSN: 1756-6053 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002383098602900307 |
| OpenAlex | W2170676426 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 5 |
Productions of Tone 4 and Tone 3 ( mài/măi, ‘sell’/‘buy’) in comparable sentences suggest that although the two tones are realized in different ways by different speakers in different speech acts, some features are constant. Tone 3 is connected with a low pitch level throughout the second half of the vowel and Tone 4 with a gradual fall over the main part of the vocalic segment. These observations were tested in a series of manipulations of pitch movements over mài from Tone 4 to Tone 3 in the sentence Sòng Yán mài niúròu. The manipulated sentences were presented in a test, in which listeners were asked if they heard mài or năi. The result confirmed the observed constant features and indicated in addition that it was important for both tones to have a clear reference. The identification of Tone 4 was favoured by an introductory rising or level part, and for Tone 3 an introductory fall seemed to be important. Creaky voice is a concomitant but not a necessary feature of Tone 3
Acoustics · Audiology · Linguistics · Physics · Sentence · Speech recognition · Tone (literature · Vowel · Computer Science · Medicine · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2025 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |