Title :
Intensity and the effect of focus on it for disyllabic words in Chinese
Author :
Wang, Maolin ; Huang, Xuejiao ; Cao, Ling ; Chen, Ling ; Xiong, Ziyu
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Chinese Language & Culture, Jinan Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
In this paper, the average intensity and the effect of focus on it for disyllabic words in Chinese is analyzed. It is found that, the average intensity of rhyme in the first syllable is comparatively great, while for the onset, due to intervocalic voicing, that in the second syllable is great. Focus has great effect on intensity. Analysis shows that, compared to the onset and the first syllable, the effect on the rhyme and on the second syllable is great.
Keywords :
focus; intensity; speech; syllable;
Conference_Titel :
Information Science and Digital Content Technology (ICIDT), 2012 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju Island, Korea (South)
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1288-2
