A cluster analysis of the perceptual features of Chinese speech sounds
汉语语音知觉特征的群集分析
Jialu Zhang 张家騄; Shinan Lü 吕士楠; Shiqian Qi 齐士钤

Abstract 摘要
A cluster analysis of perceptual features of Chinese speech sounds has been carried out to verify the phonological system of Chinese. The psychological similarity of speech sounds defined by Shepard (1972) was used as the distance of cluster analysis. It is shown that 1) The perceptual importance of distinctive features of speech sounds is different for different languages, and depends on the syllable construction, 2) The traditional phonological system of Chinese which divides a Chinese syllable into three constituents–initial, final and tone is good for perceptual features of Chinese, 3) The ending of finals is the most important cue both in rhyme class and speech perception. The hierarchical clustering diagrams of initials and finals are compared with that of English consonants.

为检验汉语语音的音韵分类体系，采用群集分析方法，对汉语语音的知觉特征进行了分析研究。在群集分析中，采用shepard定义的语音的心理相似度，作为群集分析的距离。分析结果表明：1-语音诸区别特征在知觉上的重要性，对不同的语言是不相同的，而且它们是与音节结构有关的；2-传统的汉语音韵分类把一个汉语音节分成三部分：声，韵，调，这符合汉语知觉特征；3-不论是在韵律还是在言语知觉当中，韵尾都是极重要的因素。本文还对汉语和英语辅音的群集分类作了对比研究。

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