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Presentation: Angela
Summary: Chris
This study investigated the acoustic properties of tones in Southern Min spoken in Taiwan. One female speaker and one male speaker were recruited. In total, there were 93 Southern Min syllables in citation forms that minimally distinguished in tones. Results showed that tones in Min occupied the lower tonal register of a speaker’s voice, including the low-level tone, the low-falling tone, the low-rising tone, the short low-falling tone, and the final part of the high falling tone. Furthermore, the two short tones, which were Tone 4 and Tone 8, were viewed as the allphonic variants two long tones, Tone 3 and Tone 2. All of them had falling contours, and they are in complementary distribution, as short tones only occur in syllables ending in stops—p, t, k, or a glottal stop. The conclusion is that Min tones can be divided into two major categories—the long tones and the short tones. The tonal description includes high-level, high-falling, low-level, low falling, low-rising, short high, and short-low tones. Moreover, there are five phonemic tones and seven phonetic tones in Southern Min spoken in Taiwan.
Presentation: Angela
Summary: Chris
This study investigated the acoustic properties of tones in Southern Min spoken in Taiwan. One female speaker and one male speaker were recruited. In total, there were 93 Southern Min syllables in citation forms that minimally distinguished in tones. Results showed that tones in Min occupied the lower tonal register of a speaker’s voice, including the low-level tone, the low-falling tone, the low-rising tone, the short low-falling tone, and the final part of the high falling tone. Furthermore, the two short tones, which were Tone 4 and Tone 8, were viewed as the allphonic variants two long tones, Tone 3 and Tone 2. All of them had falling contours, and they are in complementary distribution, as short tones only occur in syllables ending in stops—p, t, k, or a glottal stop. The conclusion is that Min tones can be divided into two major categories—the long tones and the short tones. The tonal description includes high-level, high-falling, low-level, low falling, low-rising, short high, and short-low tones. Moreover, there are five phonemic tones and seven phonetic tones in Southern Min spoken in Taiwan.
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