Tonal Realization of Monosyllables and Disyllabic Tone Sandhi of Dongshi Hakka: An Acoustic Perspective

• Main Authors: Hsu, Li-lan, 徐麗蘭
• Other Authors: Cheng, Ming-Chung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23686724981591400234

碩士 === 國立聯合大學 === 客家語言與傳播研究所 === 103 === Dongshi Hakka is a minority language spoken in Dongshi District and its neighborhood (i.e. Shigang and Xinshe Districts). Although Dongshi District is the largest Hakka language community in central Taiwan, recently Dongshi Hakka has undergone some change because of language contact and language policy in Taiwan. 　　This thesis intends to explore monosyllable tones and disyllabic tone sandhi of Dongshi Hakka from an acoustic perspective. The results of this thesis are different from related literature in both citation tones and disyllabic tone sandhi, especially Yangping citation tone. It was described as a rising tone or a level tone in most literature; however, this thesis finds it as a contour tone of [323] for females. Actually Yangping tone is always controversial in some other literature and is worth further study. Gender difference also occurs in the experimental results. Males produce lower pitch in six monosyllable citation tones and three disyllabic tone sandhis than females. The difference may be caused by both physical factor and sociolinguistic factor.