An Acoustic and Perceptual Study on Three Rising Tones in Hmu(Xinhe Variety)
The categorization of tone perception has attracted extensive attention in the fields of phonetics and cognitive neuroscience.Previous studies have pointed out that the perception is categorical when the tones have different shapes,while continuous when the tones have the same shape with different pitch levels.However,it has been unresolved concerning the causes of categorical perception and continuous perception.Taking the three rising tones of Hmu(Xinhe Variety)as an example,this study reveals that the perception is categorical when there is significant difference in F0 slope among the tones no matter tone shapes are the same or different,while continuous when there is no significant difference in F0 slope among the tones.This finding solves a fundamental problem in the theory of tone perception,i.e.,F0 slope leads to the distinction between categorical and continuous perception.On this basis,the present study proposes that there is a continuum regarding the categorization of tone perception.
tone perceptioncategorical perceptionHmu(Xinhe Variety)three rising tonesF0 slope
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