Essays about: "sandhi"

Found 2 essays containing the word sandhi.

1. 1. A Prototype Text Analyzer for Mandarin Chinese TTS system

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Chiao-ting Fang; [2017]
   Keywords : Chinese TTS; text analysis;

   Abstract : This project presents a prototype of a text analyzer for a rule-based Mandarin Chinese TTS voice, including components for text normalization, lexicons, phonetic analysis, prosodic analysis, and a phone set. Our implementation shows that despite the linguistic differences, it is feasible to build a Chinese voice with the TTS framework for European languages used at ReadSpeaker AB. READ MORE

3. 2. Teaching the third tone in Standard Chinese: Tone representation in textbooks and its consequences for students

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kinesiska

   Author : Olle Linge; [2011]
   Keywords : Chinese; Phonology; Tone; Third tone; Teaching; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The goal of this paper is to examine various representations of the third tone in Standard Chinese, both in academic literature and textbooks for beginners, and then evaluate what consequences the choice of representation has for tone instruction. It was found that linguists primarily prefer two models, even though slight deviations were found: either a traditional approach describing the third tone as a falling-rising tone or a model representing the third tone as an essentially low tone. READ MORE