Author(s)

Ying Li, Yonghong Li

Corresponding Author

Yonghong Li

Abstract

This paper mainly uses the combination of acoustic experiment and auditory perception to analyze the bi-syllable tone of Dingxi dialect. The main purpose is to reveal the phonetic facts and rules of its transposition. There are 11 basic transposition forms in the dissyllabic phrases of Dingxi dialect, including 4 kinds of level tone category, 3 kinds of rising tone category, and 4 kinds of departure tone category.

Keywords

Dingxi dialect, bi-syllable tone, tone sandhi