Influence of Hangzhou Dialect on Mandarin Speaking: Using Erhua as an Example

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Erhua; Erwei; Rhotic; Mandarin; Hangzhou dialect

Abstract

One of the phonetic differences between Mandarin and the Hangzhou dialect is the pronunciation of Mandarin erhua. According to the phonetic realizations, Chinese er-suffix can be produced as erwei and erhua: the er-suffix remains its independent syllable and tone in erwei but loses its independent syllable and tone while merging with the preceding rhyme as the concomitant action of retroflexion in erhua. This study found that Hangzhou natives performed worse than the standard speaker in speaking Mandarin erhua with the influence of the popularity of erwei and the lack of retroflex/rhotic in the Hangzhou dialect; however, younger participants showed improvement in producing Mandarin erhua compared to middle-aged participants.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shixin Shen
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/07/11
TI  - Influence of Hangzhou Dialect on Mandarin Speaking: Using Erhua as an Example
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 737
EP  - 745
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_95
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_95
ID  - Shen2023
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