Consonantal effects on F0 in tonal languages

Consonantal effects on F0 in tonal languages - Digital Repository

This dissertation investigates how C-F0 can be related to tone contrast and aspiration contrast by asking the following questions.

Consonantal Effects on F0 in Tonal Languages - ProQuest

C-F0 may be enlarged to maximize perceptual distinctiveness and thus reinforce aspiration contrast. In tonal languages, the effect may also be inhibited to cue ...

Inconsistent Consonantal Effects on F0 in Cantonese and Mandarin

such inconsistent consonantal influences in tonal languages and asks (1) what are the consonantal effects on vowel F0 in tonal languages? (2) What factors ...

Consonant effects on F0 of following vowels - Language Log

Since the VOT difference between voiced and voiceless aspirated categories is way bigger than the one in English, you would expect the effect on ...

The Raising Effect of Aspirated Prevocalic Consonants on F0 in ...

The same perturbation effect has also been documented in non-tonal languages (e.g., Fischer-Jørgensen, 1968; Mohr, 1971; Hombert, 1975; Löfqvist,. 1975). Data ...

The cross-linguistic distribution of vowel and consonant intrinsic F0 ...

One explanation for these findings in tone languages is that the VF0 effect is not com- pletely automatic, but that speakers are more restricted in lower ranges ...

Effect of consonants on onset F0: Evidence from Kansai Japanese

This study investigates the effect of voicing on onset F0 in Kansai Japanese. In tone languages, the effect of initial consonants on F0 ...

Consonantal Effects of Aspiration on Onset F0 in Cantonese

Usually, consonantal effects are more salient in non-tone languages than in tone languages [3] [4], probably because native speakers of a tone language need ...

Consonantal Effects of Aspiration on Onset F0 in Cantonese

Abstract: Consonantal effects on onset f0 are implemented differently in different languages, namely, the duration of consonantal effect, the direction of ...

Consonantal effects on onset f0 in L2 English (left) and Cantonese ...

In non-tonal languages with a two-way laryngeal contrast, post-stop fundamental frequency (F0) tends to vary as a function of phonological voicing in stops, and ...

Ambivalent Consonantal Effects on F0 Qian Luo, Karthik Durvasula ...

This study is interested in such inconsistent consonantal influences in tonal languages and asks (1) what are the aspiration effect and the sonorant effect on ...

The effects on F0 of a voicing distinction in sonorants and their ...

the voicing contrast has been replaced, with high tone following all original voiceless consonants and low tone following all originally voiced consonants.

Inconsistent Consonantal Effects on F- in Cantonese and Mandarin

Previous research shows that aspiration and sonorancy can have inconsistent consonantal effects on vowel F0 across languages, and even within the same ...

Tonal effects on perceived vowel duration Alan C. L. Yu

This type of interplay between tonal contrasts and duration is commonly reflected in the world's languages. This paper reports a study show- ing that both f0 ...

The Phonology and Phonetics of Consonant-Tone Interaction

Implosives are also neutral with regard to consonant-tone interaction, but they show similarities to both voiced and voiceless consonants in their effect on F0.

F0 patterns of tone versus non-tone languages: The case of ...

The results showed that F0 patterns of beginning-level L2 English are systematically different from those of native English speakers, which can ...

Effects of consonant aspiration on Mandarin tones

The onset F0 of a tone is higher following unaspirated consonants than following aspirated consonants, and the magnitude of the differences are related to the ...

The effect of consonants on onset F0: Evidence from Kansai Japanese

In tone languages, the effect of initial consonants on F0 tends to be smaller and shorter, hypothetically to maximize the tonal contrast ...

Effects of obstruent consonants on fundamental frequency at vowel ...

It is generally accepted that in American English (and other languages), the fundamental frequency (F0) in a vowel following an obstruent consonant is ...

Consonant effects on F0 in Chinese - Language Log

The pattern in the case of tone 2 is also similar in terms of the consonant voicing effect, modulo the difference caused by a low initial F0 ...