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Conference Paper: Effect of speech rate on pre-low raising in Cantonese
| Title | Effect of speech rate on pre-low raising in Cantonese |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2016 |
| Publisher | TAL2016. |
| Citation | The 5th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2016), Buffalo, NY., 24-27 May 2016. In Conference Proceedings, 2016, p. 75–79 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | This paper investigates the effect of speech rate on pre-low raising in Cantonese. Pre-low raising is an anticipatory tonal process where a high tone is raised when followed by a low tone (i.e. the trigger). Six native speakers of Cantonese were recorded saying a disyllable in 36 tone combinations (6 tones×6 tones) at two speech rates (normal and slow). It was found that in slow speech pre-low raising only occurred when the trigger was extremely low in pitch, whereas at normal speech rate it was observed in more tonal contexts. It is argued that pre-low raising is a result of enhanced cricothyroid activity in preparation for an upcoming low pitch target. |
| Description | Oral Sessions |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/240147 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Lee, KLA | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Xu, Y | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-13T04:27:35Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-13T04:27:35Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 5th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2016), Buffalo, NY., 24-27 May 2016. In Conference Proceedings, 2016, p. 75–79 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/240147 | - |
| dc.description | Oral Sessions | - |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper investigates the effect of speech rate on pre-low raising in Cantonese. Pre-low raising is an anticipatory tonal process where a high tone is raised when followed by a low tone (i.e. the trigger). Six native speakers of Cantonese were recorded saying a disyllable in 36 tone combinations (6 tones×6 tones) at two speech rates (normal and slow). It was found that in slow speech pre-low raising only occurred when the trigger was extremely low in pitch, whereas at normal speech rate it was observed in more tonal contexts. It is argued that pre-low raising is a result of enhanced cricothyroid activity in preparation for an upcoming low pitch target. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | TAL2016. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages, TAL 2016 | - |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License | - |
| dc.title | Effect of speech rate on pre-low raising in Cantonese | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Lee, KLA: albertlee@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Lee, KLA=rp02091 | - |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.21437/TAL.2016 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 271837 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 75 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 79 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | United States | - |