The event will be held via Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/64763345823?pwd=WDNNOXJYN3dOcUhjeTRiZ2VqaU9PUT09. The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.).
Roger Lo (UBC) will give an LOC colloquium:
Pitch in Mandarin: A double-edged sword
Pitch serves an important function in Mandarin: the same syllable produced with different pitch contours results in distinct words, so Mandarin listeners have to track pitch in order to successfully recognize words. However, pitch has also been found to correlate with phonological voicing in stops cross-linguistically. For example, in English, the pitch at vowel onset following a voiceless stop (e.g., /p/) tends to be higher than that following a voiced stop (e.g., /b/). In this colloquium, I am going to share the results from my research looking at whether and how Mandarin speakers navigate this dual function of pitch in their production and perception.
