Acoustic Correlates of Statement and Question Intonation in Southern Vietnamese

Dao Muc Dich and Nguyen T. Anh Thu

Abstract

This paper reports a study that investigated the acoustic correlates of the intonation patterns of statements versus various kinds of questions in Southern Vietnamese. Sentences identical in segmental make-up and lexical tone were elicited in nine different contexts:

Acoustic Correlates of Statement and Question Intonation in Southern Vietnamese