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The role of acoustic cues in the checked-unchecked tone merging of the Qixian Jin dialect

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The weakening/loss of the stop coda in checked tone syllables (also known as "Ru syllable opening") may lead to a subsequent merger of tonal contrasts in Chinese. This study examined the role of acoustic cues in checked-unchecked tone merging in the Qixian Jin dialect by comparing three age groups. Results showed that duration served as a robust cue for the tonal contrast regardless of age, whereas glottalization did not. The F0 contour signaled the tone merging process with variations across age groups. The findings have implications for modeling complex F0 (falling-rising) contours to enable further cross-dialect comparisons from a phonetic perspective.

Source: JASA Express Letters

DOI: 10.1121/10.0034496

Authors: Kangdi Liu, Lei Liang, Quentin Zhen Qin

Institutions: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Nankai University

Language: English

Topic: Phonetics and Phonology Research

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences

OpenAlex ID: W4405280885

FWCI: 0.4

Cites: 19

Cited by: 1

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