Date of Award
6-1994
Degree Name
Master of Music
Department
Music
First Advisor
Mary Scovel
Second Advisor
Brian L. Wilson
Third Advisor
Dr. Molly Vass
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to see if differences exist in Taiwanese students when speaking in their native Chinese language as compared to a secondary language (English) using voice analysis. Not only was the study intended to compare pitches and octaves of 2 languages, but it also hoped to identify the possible factors that influenced the voices of 2 languages.
Fifty Chinese students were randomly selected from a population of 84 Chinese students who were from Taiwan, had established residence in the USA for at least 6 months, and were enrolled in WMU with TOEFL score of at least 450. The chromatic tuner and a microphone were used to measure subjects' voices for pitches and octaves. Data were compared between speaking in Chinese and in English.
Recommended Citation
Hsieh, Chia-Lin, "A Comparison of the Differences of the Chinese Language and the English Language Using Voice Analysis" (1994). Masters Theses. 5302.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/5302