Through the combination of acoustic analysis of speech and dynamic palatogram, researches are done on phonetic properties of /y, w, yu/ as initials and /i, u, v/ as main vowels and transition vowels. This paper points out /y, w, yu/ as initials are of properties of semivowels; while /i, u, v/ as transition vowels still stick to properties of vowels, though they change more quickly and therefore can be called glides.
Cite as: Zheng, Y., Bao, H. (2002) Research on the semivowel by dynamic palatogram in standard Chinese. Proc. International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, paper 65
@inproceedings{zheng02_iscslp,
author={Yuling Zheng and Huaiqiao Bao},
title={{Research on the semivowel by dynamic palatogram in standard Chinese}},
year=2002,
booktitle={Proc. International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing},
pages={paper 65}
}