eduhk-compling/GroupE_groupproject

Dataset Description

The corpus is annotated with pitch. From (1) lowest pitch to (5) highest pitch Using the tone system of numbers based on: Chao, Y.-R. (1947), Cantonese Primer (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press). The pitch will be annotated as follows, on the framework of Jyutping:

high level(1):<\55> <\53>

mid rising(2):<\35>

mid level(3):<\33>

low falling(4):<\11> <\21>

low rising(5):<\13>

low level(6):<\22>

entering high level(1):<\5>

entering mid level(3):<\3>

entering low level:(6)<\2>

If the pitch has changed from the standard pronunciation, "r", "l" & "f" will be used for rising, level and falling tones respectively, and "p" and "m" will be used for increase(plus), and decrease (minus):

For example, when <\23>, which has no jyutping equivalent, is used in a situation where the standard was originally <\22>, low level (6) would be annotated as <\23> <\r> <\p>.

<\33>, mid level (3) in a situation where the standard was originally <\35>, mid rising (2) would be annotated as <\33> <\l> <\m>.

<\21>, low falling (4) in a situation where the standard was originally <\22>, low level (6) would be annotated as <\21> <\f> <\m>.