Abstract
Much attention has been paid to the differences in peak intraoral air pressure between voiced and voiceless stop consonants. The present study, however, explores the differences in peak intraoral air pressure in voiceless unaspirated bilabial stop consonant [p] in a CV syllable where V is produced with different tones. Native speakers of three Chinese dialects which have different tonal systems participated in the investigation. The results show that there is a positive correlation between the peak intraoral air pressure in [p] and the onset F0 value of the tone that occurs on the following vocalic element. The results are discussed in terms of possible physiological explanations, such as the use of a higher subglottal pressure to produce a higher F0. [Research supported by NSF.]
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