Effect of consonant and vowel context on Mandarin Chinese VOT: production and perception

Authors

  • B.L. Rochet Dept. of Romance Languages, Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
  • Fei Yanmei Dept. of Romance Languages, Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

Keywords:

hearing, speech analysis and processing, speech intelligibility, consonant context, vowel context, production, perception, voice onset time, Mandarin Chinese, articulation, vowel quality, cross-over boundary values

Abstract

The authors give a preliminary report on a study of voice onset time (VOT) in Mandarin Chinese. The issues to be focused on here are the effects of consonantal place of articulation and vowel quality on VOT duration (at the production level) and cross-over boundary values (at the perceptual level)

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Published

1991-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Rochet B, Yanmei F. Effect of consonant and vowel context on Mandarin Chinese VOT: production and perception. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 1991 Sep. 1 [cited 2025 Feb. 18];19(4):105-6. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/691

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (1991)

Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

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