ISCA Archive ISCSLP 2002
ISCA Archive ISCSLP 2002

Pitch declination in the statement sentence in Mandarin

Anhong Wang, Shinan Lu, Ming Chen

In this paper, the pitch declination in Mandarin is further observed in different tones. The speech materials come from a large-scale speech database that is broadcasting style. The final conclusions are: 1. There is declination generally in Mandarin. 2. The bottom point of the dipping tone can be taken as the real bottom point of the tone range and as the standard to measure the bottom points of other tones.