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undergraduate thesis: Tones in whispered Cantonese
Title | Tones in whispered Cantonese |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2010 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Lam, K. [林錦成]. (2010). Tones in whispered Cantonese : an acoustic and perceptual study. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Acoustic analysis and perceptual experiments were carried out to investigate the acoustical
characteristics of tones in whispered Cantonese and to identify possible perceptual cues for tone
identification. The isolated vowel /a/ embedded in a framing sentence produced by 20 (10 male
and 10 female) native Cantonese speakers using modal and whispered phonation was recorded.
Formant frequencies, duration and intensity of the vowels were measured from the samples using
signal analysis software. During tone identification tasks, the speech samples were presented to
20 listeners who were native Cantonese speakers. The listeners were instructed to identify the
tone of the target vowels in the presented sentences, based on which percent correct
identification of tones was calculated. Results of the study reveal the role of second formant,
duration, average intensity and intensity contours in perception of Cantonese whispered tones.
Speaker’s maneuvers in production of whispered tones were also discussed. |
Description | "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, June 30, 2010." Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-30). Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 2010. |
Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Subject | Cantonese dialects -- Tone. |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/173708 |
HKU Library Item ID | b4813048 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lam, Kam-shing | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | 林錦成 | zh_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-01T01:14:03Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-01T01:14:03Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Lam, K. [林錦成]. (2010). Tones in whispered Cantonese : an acoustic and perceptual study. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/173708 | - |
dc.description | "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, June 30, 2010." | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-30). | en_US |
dc.description | Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 2010. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Acoustic analysis and perceptual experiments were carried out to investigate the acoustical characteristics of tones in whispered Cantonese and to identify possible perceptual cues for tone identification. The isolated vowel /a/ embedded in a framing sentence produced by 20 (10 male and 10 female) native Cantonese speakers using modal and whispered phonation was recorded. Formant frequencies, duration and intensity of the vowels were measured from the samples using signal analysis software. During tone identification tasks, the speech samples were presented to 20 listeners who were native Cantonese speakers. The listeners were instructed to identify the tone of the target vowels in the presented sentences, based on which percent correct identification of tones was calculated. Results of the study reveal the role of second formant, duration, average intensity and intensity contours in perception of Cantonese whispered tones. Speaker’s maneuvers in production of whispered tones were also discussed. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | en_US |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | en_US |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cantonese dialects -- Tone. | en_US |
dc.title | Tones in whispered Cantonese | en_HK |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkul | b4813048 | en_US |
dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | en_US |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991033679249703414 | - |