An Experimental Analysis on Degree Adverb “Hen” of Yuanjiang Dialect Xiang Chinese
This paper examines the phonetic properties of the degree adverb “hen” in Yuanjiang dialect (YJD hereafter) with empirical data from local people. Three sets of parameters, i.e. fundamental frequency (F0), duration and tone value (T-value), were analyzed. The degree adverb “hen” in YJD can be used a...
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| description | This paper examines the phonetic properties of the degree adverb “hen” in Yuanjiang dialect (YJD hereafter) with empirical data from local people. Three sets of parameters, i.e. fundamental frequency (F0), duration and tone value (T-value), were analyzed. The degree adverb “hen” in YJD can be used as not only an adverbial but also a complement, and the sound of “hen” varies with syntactic functions and semantics. The results show that “hen” as an adverbial can be read as both “[xei45]” which means “very” and “[xei21]” which implies nearly no practical meaning, and that “hen” being a complement is uttered as “[xei41]”, indicating the meaning of “very” but carrying higher degree and stronger intonation than “[xei45]”. According to phonetic experiments, the sound change of “hen” in YJD lies in the change of tone value without transforming the initial consonant and vowel. Such phonetic phenomenon of ‘‘hen” in YJD is neither literal and colloquial readings nor tone sandhi, but a polyphonic phenomenon caused by internal inflexion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-212bfb6425614a728317a4ad5e3550302024-03-22T08:07:32ZengEDP SciencesSHS Web of Conferences2261-24242024-01-011850201210.1051/shsconf/202418502012shsconf_iclcc2024_02012An Experimental Analysis on Degree Adverb “Hen” of Yuanjiang Dialect Xiang ChineseFen Zhang0Qi Gong1South China Business College Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, College English DepartmentJinan University, College of Foreign StudiesThis paper examines the phonetic properties of the degree adverb “hen” in Yuanjiang dialect (YJD hereafter) with empirical data from local people. Three sets of parameters, i.e. fundamental frequency (F0), duration and tone value (T-value), were analyzed. The degree adverb “hen” in YJD can be used as not only an adverbial but also a complement, and the sound of “hen” varies with syntactic functions and semantics. The results show that “hen” as an adverbial can be read as both “[xei45]” which means “very” and “[xei21]” which implies nearly no practical meaning, and that “hen” being a complement is uttered as “[xei41]”, indicating the meaning of “very” but carrying higher degree and stronger intonation than “[xei45]”. According to phonetic experiments, the sound change of “hen” in YJD lies in the change of tone value without transforming the initial consonant and vowel. Such phonetic phenomenon of ‘‘hen” in YJD is neither literal and colloquial readings nor tone sandhi, but a polyphonic phenomenon caused by internal inflexion.https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/pdf/2024/05/shsconf_iclcc2024_02012.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Fen Zhang Qi Gong An Experimental Analysis on Degree Adverb “Hen” of Yuanjiang Dialect Xiang Chinese SHS Web of Conferences |
| title | An Experimental Analysis on Degree Adverb “Hen” of Yuanjiang Dialect Xiang Chinese |
| title_full | An Experimental Analysis on Degree Adverb “Hen” of Yuanjiang Dialect Xiang Chinese |
| title_fullStr | An Experimental Analysis on Degree Adverb “Hen” of Yuanjiang Dialect Xiang Chinese |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Experimental Analysis on Degree Adverb “Hen” of Yuanjiang Dialect Xiang Chinese |
| title_short | An Experimental Analysis on Degree Adverb “Hen” of Yuanjiang Dialect Xiang Chinese |
| title_sort | experimental analysis on degree adverb hen of yuanjiang dialect xiang chinese |
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