INTERPLAY OF THE FOUR CITATION TONES AND INTONATION IN MANDARIN CHINESE

Intonation interacts with tones. Generally speaking, lexical tones are influenced in their F0 movement by sentence-intonation, but contrary to Chao's position, their basic contours are preserved. The effect of intonation on tones is manifested by the phenomenon of pitch-neutralization, but not...

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Published in:Journal of Chinese Linguistics 1989-01, Vol.17 (1), p.61-74
Main Author: 沈晓楠(Xiao-nan Shen)
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Intonation interacts with tones. Generally speaking, lexical tones are influenced in their F0 movement by sentence-intonation, but contrary to Chao's position, their basic contours are preserved. The effect of intonation on tones is manifested by the phenomenon of pitch-neutralization, but not by an addition of a directionally opposite pitch-prolongation.
ISSN:0091-3723