Tone perception in Northern and Southern Vietnamese

Brunelle, Marc

doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2008.09.003

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“…This hypothesis is consistent with findings on other tonal languages like Cantonese, Karen, Mandarin, and Vietnamese, where nonmodal phonation (e.g. breathiness or glottalization/creakiness) accompanies certain tones (Belotel-Grenié and Grenié 1997, Brunelle 2009, Brunelle and Finkeldey 2011, Yu and Lam 2011. However, the relative importance of phonation compared to pitch and duration in Hmong tone identification is unknown.…”

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Relative importance of phonation cues in White Hmong tone perception

Garellek¹,

Keating²,

Esposito³

2012

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Relative importance of phonation cues in White Hmong tone perception

Garellek¹,

Keating²,

Esposito³

2012

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“…For example, similar to Mandarin, creaky voice is also often accompanied by tone 6 in Cantonese (Yu and Lam, 2014); mid-laryngealization/creaky voice is an important cue for several tones in Northern Vietnamese (Brunelle, 2009); and breathy voice co-occurs with White Hmong high-falling tone (Esposito, 2012;Garellek et al, 2013) and Green Mong mid-falling tone (Andruski and Ratliff, 2000). When phonation covaries with tones, the situation is trickier because the interaction between the non-modal phonation and pitch is less clear.…”

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Covariation between voice quality and pitch: Revisiting the case of Mandarin creaky voice

Kuang

2017

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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This study investigates the interaction between voice quality and pitch by revisiting the well-known case of Mandarin creaky voice. This study first provides several pieces of experimental data to assess whether the mechanism behind allophonic creaky voice in Mandarin is tied to tonal categories or is driven by phonetic pitch ranges. The results show that the presence of creak is not exclusively limited to tone 3, but can accompany any of the low pitch targets in the Mandarin tones; further, tone 3 is less creaky when the overall pitch range is raised, but more creaky when the overall pitch range is lowered. More importantly, tone 3 is not unique in this regard, and other tones such as tone 1 are also subject to similar variations. In sum, voice quality is quite systematically tied to F0 in Mandarin. Results from a pitch glide experiment further suggest that voice quality overall covaries with pitch height in a wedge-shaped function. Non-modal voice tends to occur when pitch production exceeds certain limits. Voice quality, thus, has the potential to enhance the perceptual distinctiveness of extreme pitch targets.

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“…Instead, tones are realized by a complex of pitch and voice quality features (Nguyễn Văn Lợi & Edmondson 1998;Phạm 2001Phạm , 2003, which serve as crucial perceptual cues for native speakers (Brunelle 2009b). In particular, glottalization plays an important role in the production and perception of the broken (C2) and glottalized (B2) tones.…”

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Vietnamese (Hanoi Vietnamese)

Kirby¹

2011

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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Vietnamese, the official language of Vietnam, is spoken natively by over seventy-five million people in Vietnam and greater Southeast Asia as well as by some two million overseas, predominantly in France, Australia, and the United States. The genetic affiliation of Vietnamese has been at times the subject of considerable debate (Diffloth 1992). Scholars such as Tabard (1838) maintained a relation to Chinese, while Maspero (1912), despite noting similarities to Mon-Khmer, argued for an affiliation with Tai. However, at least since the work of Haudricourt (1953), most scholars now agree that Vietnamese and related Vietic languages belong to the Mon-Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic family.

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Tone perception in Northern and Southern Vietnamese

Cited by 95 publications

References 17 publications

Relative importance of phonation cues in White Hmong tone perception

Relative importance of phonation cues in White Hmong tone perception

Covariation between voice quality and pitch: Revisiting the case of Mandarin creaky voice

Vietnamese (Hanoi Vietnamese)

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