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Article: Speaker variability in the realisation of lexical tones
Title | Speaker variability in the realisation of lexical tones |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Lexical tone Speaker characteristics Cantonese Forensic speaker comparison |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.equinoxjournals.com/IJSLL |
Citation | International Journal of Speech Language and the Law, 2016, v. 23 n. 2, p. 195-214 How to Cite? |
Abstract | While previous studies on the speaker-discriminatory power of static f0 parameters abound, few have focused on the dynamic and linguistically structured aspects of f0. Lexical tone offers a case in point for this endeavour. This article reports an exploratory study on the speaker-discriminatory power of individual lexical tones and of the height relationship of level tone pairs in Cantonese, and the effects of voice level and linguistic condition on their realisation. Twenty native Cantonese speakers produced systematically controlled words either in isolation or in a carrier sentence under two voice levels (normal and loud). Results show that f0 height and f0 dynamics are separate dimensions of a tone and are affected by voice level and linguistic condition in different ways. Moreover, discriminant analyses reveal that the contours of individual tones and the height differences of level tone pairs are useful parameters for characterising speakers. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/260175 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.201 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, RKW | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-06T09:52:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-06T09:52:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Speech Language and the Law, 2016, v. 23 n. 2, p. 195-214 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1748-8885 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/260175 | - |
dc.description.abstract | While previous studies on the speaker-discriminatory power of static f0 parameters abound, few have focused on the dynamic and linguistically structured aspects of f0. Lexical tone offers a case in point for this endeavour. This article reports an exploratory study on the speaker-discriminatory power of individual lexical tones and of the height relationship of level tone pairs in Cantonese, and the effects of voice level and linguistic condition on their realisation. Twenty native Cantonese speakers produced systematically controlled words either in isolation or in a carrier sentence under two voice levels (normal and loud). Results show that f0 height and f0 dynamics are separate dimensions of a tone and are affected by voice level and linguistic condition in different ways. Moreover, discriminant analyses reveal that the contours of individual tones and the height differences of level tone pairs are useful parameters for characterising speakers. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.equinoxjournals.com/IJSLL | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Speech Language and the Law | - |
dc.subject | Lexical tone | - |
dc.subject | Speaker characteristics | - |
dc.subject | Cantonese | - |
dc.subject | Forensic speaker comparison | - |
dc.title | Speaker variability in the realisation of lexical tones | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, RKW: rickykwc@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, RKW=rp02417 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1558/ijsll.v23i2.30908 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84996536218 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 23 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 195 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 214 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000392866900002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1748-8885 | - |