Voice onset time of initial stops in Mandarin and Hakka: Effect of gender

Jui Feng Peng, Li Mei Chen, Chia Cheng Lee

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摘要

This paper examines the influence of gender upon voice onset time (VOT). VOT values of word-initial stops /p, t, k, ph, th, kh/ followed by three vowels /i, u, a/ in both Mandarin and Hakka revealed that male speakers produced longer VOTs in unaspirated stops than their female counterparts, but women produced longer VOTs in aspirated stops than male counterparts. In addition, VOT distinction in unaspirated and aspirated stops was greater in female speakers than in male speakers in both languages, perhaps because women tend to have a more careful manner of speech than men (Byrd 1992, 1994; Whiteside 1996). Gender has a statistically significant influence on VOTs in both Mandarin and Hakka. It is thus suggested that VOT data from different genders should be analyzed separately.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)63-79
頁數17
期刊Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
12
發行號1
出版狀態Published - 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 語言與語言學
  • 語言和語言學

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