C17. The Variations, Quantification, and Generalizations of Standard Thai Tones

17.2 Acoustic Analysis of Thai Tones

17.2.1 Aim
(1)to investigate how Thai tones vary when they sit on TBUs of different durations
(2)to find the process involved in these tonal variations

17.2.2 Speakers
number:three
sex:female
native language:Standard Thai
age:25-29
Background: grew up in Bangkok and not have any speech or hearing deficiency

17.2.3 Tokens
The test words:
45% meaningful Standard Thai words
55% nonsense Standard Thai words

The structure of word: C1V(:)C2T
C1 -> nasal /m/,/n/, or /n/,
V -> high or low vowel
C2 -> final nasal /m/, /n/ or /n/, or a final stop /t/ or /k/
T -> mid, low, rising-falling, high , or falling-rising

17.2.4 Tasks