An Acoustic Study on Monosyllabic Tone in Nantong Dialect

To study the tone pattern of Nantong dialect, this study adopts objective acoustic and statistical methods to analyze the production of tones from 16 Nantong speakers, so as to further explore the acoustic realizations of the citation tones in Nantong dialect. The results show that, compared with the previous studies. The f0 onset of Yinping, Yinqu and Yinru tones are slightly higher, and the f0 onset of Yangping is slightly lower. Shang, Yangqu and Yangru are basically unchanged. In terms of duration, the Yangqu is the longest, and Yangru and Yinru are the shortest, which is due to the short tone-bearing portion of the checked-tone syllable. This study reexamines the tone pattern of Nantong dialect and enriches the research on Nantong dialect.