0317-00000000 - The Prosodic System of Lizu- An Experimental Probe

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0317-00000000 - The Prosodic System of Lizu- An Experimental Probe

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Session Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-000A-009B-2

Title: The Prosodic System of Lizu: An Experimental Probe

Description: Research paper by Katia Chirkova and Yiya Chen "The Prosodic System of Lizu: An Experimental Probe", based in part on the Lizu data collected in the framework of the ELDP project MPD0257. This study is a report of an experiment investigating the prosodic system of Lizu (Tibeto-Burman). Lizu combines lexical tone on monosyllabic words with a hybrid system of tone and stress on polysyllabic words and compounds. The phonemic status of the lexical tones is supported by minimal pair evidence, but no comparable evidence has been found for the prominence patterns. The goal of the experiment is to seek evidence for the validity of the tripartite classification of the prominence patterns. The experiment is based on 15 near- minimal triplets of disyllabic words. The duration, intensity, and f0 of each word were extracted using Praat and superimposed over a disyllabic sequence /aa/. Ten native Lizu speakers listened to the synthesized stimuli and identified which word, among three choices per triplet, they heard. Results showed a well-above-chance level of correct identification rate (76%), thereby lending support to the tripartite classification of the prominence patterns in this language.

Date created: 2014-04-04

Location

Continent: Asia

Country: China

Region: Asia

Address: Paris, France||Leiden, the Netherlands

Project

ID: MDP0257

Name: 0317-MDP0257

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Keywords

Keyword: Phonetics

Keyword: Tone

Keyword: Prosody

Content

Genre: Academic Paper

Languages

Language

Name: English

Language

Name: Lizu

Actor

Full Name: Katia Chirkova

Actor

Full Name: Yiya Chen

Actor

Full Name: Katia Chirkova

Actor

Full Name: Yiya Chen

Written Resources

Filename: lizu_prosodic_system_chirkova_chen.pdf

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-000F-32EF-4

File type: Document

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