Going beyond F0: The acquisition of Mandarin tones
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000920000239
Abstract: Abstract Using a semi-spontaneous speech corpus, we present evidence from computational modelling of tonal productions from Mandarin-speaking children (4- to 11-years old) and adults, showing that children exceed the adult-level tonal distinction at the age… read more here.
Keywords: beyond acquisition; mandarin tones; going beyond; acquisition mandarin ... See more keywords
Identifying the distinctive acoustic cues of Mandarin tones
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5067655
Abstract: Using mathematical modeling, this study aims to characterize distinctive acoustic features of Mandarin tones based on a corpus of 1013 monosyllabic words produced by 21 native Mandarin speakers. For each tone, 22 acoustic cues were… read more here.
Keywords: distinctive acoustic; parabola; tone; model ... See more keywords
Effects of emotional tones of voice on the acoustic and perceptual characteristics of Mandarin tones
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5067961
Abstract: Emotional tones of a speaker’s voice and lexical tones involve similar acoustic correlates, but only lexical tones could change the meaning of a word in tonal languages. The purpose of this study is to investigate… read more here.
Keywords: emotional tones; acoustic perceptual; perceptual characteristics; tones voice ... See more keywords
The effect of experience and tonal contour: A preliminary study of perceived duration on Mandarin tones
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5068094
Abstract: Mandarin tones are shown to be produced with different lengths (i.e., from longer to shorter: T3 > T2 > T1 > T4) (cf. Wu & Kenstowicz, 2015). An AX rating experiment in which Taiwan Mandarin… read more here.
Keywords: duration; rated longer; level; mandarin tones ... See more keywords
Emotional tones of voice affect the acoustics and perception of Mandarin tones
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283635
Abstract: Lexical tones and emotions are conveyed by a similar set of acoustic parameters; therefore, listeners of tonal languages face the challenge of processing lexical tones and emotions in the acoustic signal concurrently. This study examined… read more here.
Keywords: acoustics; acoustics perception; mandarin tones; affect acoustics ... See more keywords