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undergraduate thesis: Comparison of sentence final particles between Cantonese child-directed and adult-directed speech
Title | Comparison of sentence final particles between Cantonese child-directed and adult-directed speech |
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Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Chau, Y. H. H. [周易鴻]. (2020). Comparison of sentence final particles between Cantonese child-directed and adult-directed speech. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Conversation in Cantonese is characterized by a large number of Sentence Final Particles
(SFPs). The current study compared the relative frequency of occurrence, duration and
fundamental frequency (F0) of 7 common SFPs in a corpus of child-directed speech (CDS) and
adult-directed speech (ADS) produced by 26 Cantonese-speaking mothers in a naturalistic
context. Results demonstrated that the relative frequency of occurrence was significantly
higher in CDS. The main effect of register on duration and F0 of SFPs, after controlling for
speech rate and mean pitch, respectively, was not significant. However, the interaction effects
of register and speech rate on the duration of the SFPs and the interaction effect of register and
mean pitch on the F0 of the SFPs were significant, suggesting that caregivers make adjustments
when they generally slowed down their speech and raise the pitch. Such qualitative and
quantitative differences of the SFPs may imply that CDS serves the pragmatic functions of
gaining children’s and engage them in the conversation.
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Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Subject | Cantonese dialects - Particles |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/309740 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Chau, Yik Hung Hardy | - |
dc.contributor.author | 周易鴻 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-05T15:07:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-05T15:07:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Chau, Y. H. H. [周易鴻]. (2020). Comparison of sentence final particles between Cantonese child-directed and adult-directed speech. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/309740 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Conversation in Cantonese is characterized by a large number of Sentence Final Particles (SFPs). The current study compared the relative frequency of occurrence, duration and fundamental frequency (F0) of 7 common SFPs in a corpus of child-directed speech (CDS) and adult-directed speech (ADS) produced by 26 Cantonese-speaking mothers in a naturalistic context. Results demonstrated that the relative frequency of occurrence was significantly higher in CDS. The main effect of register on duration and F0 of SFPs, after controlling for speech rate and mean pitch, respectively, was not significant. However, the interaction effects of register and speech rate on the duration of the SFPs and the interaction effect of register and mean pitch on the F0 of the SFPs were significant, suggesting that caregivers make adjustments when they generally slowed down their speech and raise the pitch. Such qualitative and quantitative differences of the SFPs may imply that CDS serves the pragmatic functions of gaining children’s and engage them in the conversation. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cantonese dialects - Particles | - |
dc.title | Comparison of sentence final particles between Cantonese child-directed and adult-directed speech | - |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044454227603414 | - |