Comparison of declarative and interrogative intonation in Chinese
In most of the world's languages, one can transform a statement into a question by raising the pitch at the end. This transformation is dubious in tone languages, as it could transform one lexical item into another. * How does one ask question in a tone language? * Is there is a question phras...
Main Authors: | Yuan, J, Shih, C, Kochanski, G |
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Format: | Conference item |
Language: | English |
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2002
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