Abstract
Some considerations in the normalisation of tone are discussed, and their application demonstrated on the fundamental frequency data of seven speakers of a variety of Wu Chinese. It is argued that, although a considerable reduction in between-speaker variance can be achieved by either a Z-Score or Fraction of Range normalisation, the former strategy is preferable because of its slightly superior numerical performance, and relative lack of methodological problems. The derivation of a possible Linguistic-Phonetic representation for comparison with other varieties is also illustrated.
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