普通话轻声的性质与声学关联物研究综述

A Brief Review of the Researches on the Properties and Acoustic Correlations of the Neutral Tone in Mandarin

本文对学界已有普通话轻声性质及声学关联物的研究进行简要综述。普通话轻声音节在语音四要素上均与正常音节存在差异,但不同学者在轻声性质的归属问题上尚存分歧。在普通话轻声感知时的声学关联物方面,前人研究表明音高和音长是轻声的主要声学关联物,其中音高因素更为关键。最后本文对响度与轻声感知的关联性提出了假设猜想。

This paper briefly reviews the researches on the neutral tone of Mandarin and its acoustic correlations. The syllables with neutral tones differ from the normal ones in the four elements of speech, but different scholars still have different opinions on the attribution of the neutral tones’ nature. In terms of the acoustic correlations, previous studies have shown that pitch and length are the main ones in perception, and the pitch is the more critical factor. Finally, this paper proposes hypothetical conjectures on the correlation between loudness of speech and the perception of neutral tones.