A phonetic study on the acquisition of Cantonese tone

Ka Yan Margaret Lei

This study adopts an acoustical approach in analyzing the fundamental frequency (F0) patterns in tonal production of a Cantonese-speaking child, based on audio data from the Hong Kong Cantonese Child Language Corpus (CANCORP) [1]. Through examining F0 patterns and variability on the production of different types of tones in Cantonese, the study attempts to address issues in the acquisition of tone by Cantonese-acquiring children.

Cite as: Lei, K.Y.M. (2006) A phonetic study on the acquisition of Cantonese tone. Proc. 2nd International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2006), 83-86

@inproceedings{lei06_tal,
  author={Ka Yan Margaret Lei},
  title={{A phonetic study on the acquisition of Cantonese tone}},
  year=2006,
  booktitle={Proc. 2nd International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2006)},
  pages={83--86}
}