VOICE ONSET TIME OF INITIAL STOPS IN MANDARIN AND HAKKA: EFFECT OF GENDER

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Taiwan Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI:10.6519/TJL.2014.12(1).3

Jui-Feng Peng, Li-Mei Chen, Chia-Cheng Lee

引用次数: 8

Abstract

This paper examines the influence of gender upon voice onset time (VOT). VOT values of word-initial stops /p, t, k, p^h, t^h, k^h/ followed by three vowels /i, u, a/ in both Mandarin and Hakka revealed that male speakers produced longer VOTs in unaspirated stops than their female counterparts, but women produced longer VOTs in aspirated stops than male counterparts. In addition, VOT distinction in unaspirated and aspirated stops was greater in female speakers than in male speakers in both languages, perhaps because women tend to have a more careful manner of speech than men (Byrd 1992, 1994; Whiteside 1996). Gender has a statistically significant influence on VOTs in both Mandarin and Hakka. It is thus suggested that VOT data from different genders should be analyzed separately.

查看原文本刊更多论文

普通话和客家话起始停顿时间:性别的影响

本文研究了性别对语音开始时间的影响。在普通话和客家话中，p、t、k、p^h、t^h、k^h/后接三个元音/i、u、a/的词头停顿的VOT值显示，男性说话者在非送气停顿中产生的VOT比女性说话者长，但女性在送气停顿中产生的VOT比男性说话者长。此外，在两种语言中，女性说话者在不送气停顿和送气停顿中的VOT差异比男性说话者更大，这可能是因为女性往往比男性说话更谨慎(Byrd 1992,1994;怀特塞德1996)。性别对普通话和客家语的投票都有显著的影响。因此，建议对不同性别的VOT数据进行单独分析。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Taiwan Journal of Linguistics LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

CiteScore

0.40

自引率

0.00%

发文量

审稿时长

20 weeks

期刊介绍： Taiwan Journal of Linguistics is an international journal dedicated to the publication of research papers in linguistics and welcomes contributions in all areas of the scientific study of language. Contributions may be submitted from all countries and are accepted all year round. The language of publication is English. There are no restrictions on regular submission; however, manuscripts simultaneously submitted to other publications cannot be accepted. TJL adheres to a strict standard of double-blind reviews to minimize biases that might be caused by knowledge of the author’s gender, culture, or standing within the professional community. Once a manuscript is determined as potentially suitable for the journal after an initial screening by the editor, all information that may identify the author is removed, and copies are sent to at least two qualified reviewers. The selection of reviewers is based purely on professional considerations and their identity will be kept strictly confidential by TJL. All feedback from the reviewers, except such comments as may be specifically referred to the attention of the editor, is faithfully relayed to the authors to assist them in improving their work, regardless of whether the paper is to be accepted, accepted upon minor revision, revised and resubmitted, or rejected.