The Realization of Low Tones in the Context of Downstep

DOI

10.2991/jisem-15.2015.17How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Speech; downstep; tone

Abstract

In this study, the pitch realization of low (L) tones in the context of downstep in Chinese is analyzed. The test sentences are composed of ‘High + Low + High + Low’ sequences, and the low point pitch of the L tones is investigated. It is found that there is an obvious downward trend for the L tones, that is, they always drop to a lower scale compared to the forgoing ones. Due to the final lowering effect, the degree of the last drop is always larger than the forgoing ones. When there are more downsteps, The initial L tone will be raised, but there is no significant variation for the final L tone.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Maolin Wang
AU  - Ziyu Xiong
PY  - 2015/12
DA  - 2015/12
TI  - The Realization of Low Tones in the Context of Downstep
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 Joint International Social Science, Education, Language, Management and Business Conference
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 73
EP  - 77
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/jisem-15.2015.17
DO  - 10.2991/jisem-15.2015.17
ID  - Wang2015/12
ER  -