It’s Not Just Tones: Chinese ALSO Has Intonation

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Thought Chinese only had tones? Well, think again! Chinese has BOTH tones and intonation, which can make speaking accurately even more difficult. Watch this video to learn the differences, and how to sound more natural speaking Chinese. [Timeline] [00:35] Intro [03:07] Table of Contents [03:41] Tone & Intonation Basics [08:29] Tone & Intonation in Chinese [14:26] The Research [21:17] The Takeaway And this video would NOT be possible without the many linguists in the field that have paved the way for this knowledge, thank you so much for your expertise and contribution: DeFrancis, J. F., (1963). Beginning Chinese. New Haven: Yale University Press. Schack, K. (2000). Comparison of intonation patterns in Mandarin and English for a particular speaker. University of Rochester Working Papers in the Language Sciences: 1, 1, 24-55. Shen, X-N S. (1990). The Prosody of Mandarin Chinese. Vol. 118 of University of California Publications in Linguistics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 95. Tsao, W., (1967). Question in Chinese. Journal of Chinese Language Teachers’ Association, 2, 15-26 Yuan, Jiahong & Shih, Chilin & Kochanski, Greg. (2002). Comparison of Declarative and Interrogative Intonation in Chinese. Speech Prosody 2002. SAY HI! Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/julesytooshoes