Perception of Cantonese tones

XIE Chenwei; SHI Feng; WEN Baoying

doi:10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2017.26.013

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Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology) ›› 2017, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (3) : 299-305. DOI: 10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2017.26.013

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Perception of Cantonese tones

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The perceptual of Cantonese speeds tones was investigated for the perceptual of three tones on identification and discrimination experiments. This research used a Cantonese natural language monosyllabic and disyllabic corpus as the speech material with identification and discrimination experiments based on the "Diagonal/Half Space Test Method". The monosyllable tests showed that the three groups of high and low tones have their own perceptual space with the perceptual space of the low tones substantially overlap pins that of the mid level tones, which is consistent with the acoustic space of these tones. The bisyllable tests indicate that the perceptual category is certain with a clear categorical boundary. The different tones of the reference words and the first part or the last part of disyllabic words affect the categorical boundary location.

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Cantonese / perceptual category / level tone

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XIE Chenwei, SHI Feng, WEN Baoying. Perception of Cantonese tones[J]. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology). 2017, 57(3): 299-305 https://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2017.26.013

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