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Mandarin Accent Analysis Based on Formant Frequencies

Accent analysis for Mandarin Chinese based on formant frequencies is presented in this paper. Five monophthongs [a, o, e, i, u] of 430 speakers across eight accents were analyzed with univariance analysis of variance (UNIANOVA). The results show that accent has significant influence on the second formant frequency of monophthongs [o, i, u] and has no obvious influence on the formant frequencies of monophthong [a]. In addition, accent has no obvious influence on the first and the third formant frequencies of all five monophthongs.

Yonghong Yan | Zhiwei Shuang | Yong Qin | Jianping Zhang | Kun Liu

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