GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN PRODUCTION OF A TONAL CONTRAST IN HONG KONG CANTONESE

Bin Li; Yihan Guan

GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN PRODUCTION OF A TONAL CONTRAST IN HONG KONG CANTONESE

Bin Li^*
, Yihan Guan

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Linguistics and Translation

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

Hong Kong (HK) Cantonese contains rich tonal contrasts with some having been reported merging, which calls for empirical investigation across social dimensions. This study examines production of a contrast between two rising tones (the high rising tone T2 vs. the low rising tone T5) in HK Cantonese by native speakers in various age groups. We analysed tonal correlates of syllables contrasting the two tones in an utterance produced by 50 speakers. A change is observed in production of T2 but not T5, which appears affected significantly by age. Our youngest group has distinct ranges of pitch offsets of T2 compared with tones produced by speakers in their 50s and up, while the middle group’s production shows an intermediate pattern. Moreover, gender seems to modulate the age factor to some extent.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (2019)
Editors	Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain, Paul Warren
Place of Publication	Australia
Publisher	Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association
Pages	186-190
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-646-80069-1
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019
Event	19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019) - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 5 Aug 2019 → 9 Aug 2019 https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/icphs/icphs2019

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Conference	19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019)
Abbreviated title	ICPhS2019
Place	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	5/08/19 → 9/08/19
Internet address	https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/icphs/icphs2019

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tone production
tone merger
Hong Kong Cantonese
age effect
gender difference

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Li, B & Guan, Y 2019, GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN PRODUCTION OF A TONAL CONTRAST IN HONG KONG CANTONESE. in S Calhoun, P Escudero, M Tabain & P Warren (eds), Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (2019). Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, Australia, pp. 186-190, 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5/08/19.

GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN PRODUCTION OF A TONAL CONTRAST IN HONG KONG CANTONESE. / Li, Bin; Guan, Yihan.
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (2019). ed. / Sasha Calhoun; Paola Escudero; Marija Tabain; Paul Warren. Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, 2019. p. 186-190.

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