The Effect of Carry-over Coarticulation of Disyllabic words in Chinese

- In this study, the V-to-V coarticulatory effect in the VCV sequences is investigated. The stimuli are in the form of C1V1.C2V2, which is designed for V1 to affect V2. The subjects are twelve native speakers of standard Chinese, and the F2 onset value, as well as the F2 delta value, is analyzed. Results show that, due to long temporal separation between vowels for the aspirated stops relative to the unaspirated ones, the effect of aspiration is obvious, and in the contexts of aspirated stops, the effect of place of articulation is restrained.

本研究针对VCV序列中的元间协同发音（V-to-V coarticulatory）效应展开探究。实验刺激采用C1V1·C2V2的形式，该设计旨在探究V1对V2的协同发音影响。本研究的被试为12名普通话母语者，实验分析了第二共振峰起始值（F2 onset value）与第二共振峰差值（F2 delta value）。研究结果显示：相较于不送气塞音，送气塞音所伴随的元音间时间间隔更长，因此送气状态的协同发音效应更为显著；而在送气塞音语境下，发音部位的协同发音效应则受到抑制。