普通话轻声音高性质初探

A Brief Study on the Nature of Pitch of Untoned in Mandarin

普通话轻声是汉语语音的一个重要现象,历来受到学界重视。本实验使用Praat软件对普通话轻声进行了声学分析,用实验的方法客观说明普通话轻声音高方面的一些特征。本文主要从轻声与四声关系的角度,探讨普通话轻声的音高的特征,并通过对比汉语普通话中存在的两类双音节词——重重型双音节词和重轻型双音节词调域上的差别,分析普通话轻声的特点。

Untoned in mandarin is an important phenomenon in Chinese pronunciation, which has attracted a lot of attention in academic circle. This study tries to analyze acoustically untoned in mandarin by using the Praat software in order to explain objectively the characteristics of pitch of untoned in mandarin. From the perspective of the relationship between pitch and four tones, this paper discusses these characteristics mainly by contrasting the differences between the two types of the disyllables--stress-stress disyllables and stress-light disyllables.