Frequency of occurrence of Cantonese word initials, finals and tones
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19502287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M L Ng (0000-0002-3174-8412), Irene C L Kwok |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 189-199 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1361-3286 • E-ISSN: 2058-0967 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/136132804805575868 |
| OpenAlex | W2028473877 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Thirty 10-minute spontaneous speech and dialogue segments were randomly recorded from live radio and TV programmes broadcast in Hong Kong. The speech samples were carefully phonetically transcribed by two experienced investigators. Only those speech samples transcribed consistently by the two investigators were used to measure the frequency of occurrence of all Cantonese word initials, finals and tones. Results indicated a similar pattern of distribution of Cantonese initials and finals to that reported previously, with the exceptions of /n/ and /1/, /kwh/ and /kh/ and /kw/ and /k/. The differences are believed to be related to the sociolinguistic change of language use in the current generation in Hong Kong. Findings in tones also revealed a similar distribution as reported previously
Linguistics · Speech recognition · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |