Absolute and relative entrainment in Mandarin conversations
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Based on Tongji Games Corpus, this study analyzes acoustic-prosodic entrainment in Mandarin conversations. Analyses have been accomplished at the levels of conversation, turn, and tone unit. Absolute entrainment in prosody is found at the levels of conversation and turn, and relative entrainment is found over tones. Therefore, this study identifies evidence for the existence of two kinds of entrainment in Mandarin conversations.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015