Experimental Research on Citation Tone of Liangzhou Dialect in Gansu Province
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DOI: 10.23977/emss.2019.029
Author(s)
Ying Li, Yonghong Li
Corresponding Author
Yonghong Li
ABSTRACT
The Liangzhou dialect belongs to Lan-yin mandarin in the Northwest dialect. Based on the recording data of fieldwork, this paper will use the method of experimental phonetics to study the citation tone of Liangzhou dialect. In this experiment, by extracting the fundamental frequency and analyzing the pattern and vocal range, we concludes that Liangzhou dialect has three citation tones: Yinping (44), Yangping or Shang (24), and Qu (51).
KEYWORDS
Liangzhou dialect, citation tone, fundamental frequency, fifth degree