Abstract:This study investigated the role of the F0 height of the final tone in signaling the difference between Mandarin statements and echo questions. We recorded native speakers producing pairs of statements and echo questions ending in the four Mandarin tones (high, rising, low, and falling). The first two syllables of the utterances comprised pairs of high and low tones, or rising and falling tones. From these pairs of tones, we extracted the speaker's F0 range at the start of the utterance. With the speaker's ini… Show more
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