Prosodic Realization of Focus in Six Languages/Dialects in China
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In this paper, the prosodic realization of focus in six languages/dialects in China were experimentally investigated, which were Yi and Tibetan (TibetanBurma), Wa and Deang (Mon-Khmer), Uygur (Turkic) and Nanchang dialect (Gan), all spoken in China. Tibetan, Uygur and Nanchang showed onfocus F0 raising and post-focus F0 compression (PFC) whereas no clear F0 variation due to focus was found in Wa, Deang and Yi. On-focus duration lengthening was found in all the six languages. The distribution and the origin of PFC are discussed.
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