Abstract
Our study has argued that Chinese intonation has two variables: pitch accent and boundary tone. It has been found that only boundary tone plays the role to differentia between question and statement. Pitch (F0) patterns of boundary tone in Standard Chinese are given. Whether tone-1, tone-2, tone-3, or tone-4, pitch pattern in boundary tone with question keeps its citation form. F0 variation in each syllable of an intonation phrase is conditioned largely by pitch accent and boundary tone. In the pitch space of five-point value, intonation is represented mainly by register and/or range of the F0 curve, but tone is represented by its F0 contour. It is discussed that Chinese intonation or English intonation has its individual character, but they have their general characters as intonation.
| Keywords: | intonation; prosodic structure; boundary tone; pitch accent |
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