An Experimental Investigation Of Chinese Negative Sentence Intonation Acquisition By Intermediate And Advanced Vietnamese Students

This study investigates how intermediate and advanced Vietnamese students of Chinese acquire the intonation patterns of negative sentences.Using the theoretical framework of intonation patterns,the study analyzes acoustic parameters such as pitch variation,duration ratio,and intensity ratio for three types of negative sentences: “bù”(not),“méi”(not have),and “bié”(don’t).The results are compared to those of native Chinese speakers.This article is divided into eight parts: introduction,experimental design,analysis of data from the fluctuation experiment,analysis of data from the delay experiment,analysis of data from the volume ratio experiment,error analysis,teaching strategy,and conclusion.The conclusions of this paper are as follows: First,Firstly,Vietnamese students have shown a good command of the high tone in Chinese negation sentences,particularly with regard to tone range.However,their grasp of the upper and lower boundaries of toy weak,especially in the case of negation word range needs further enhancement.Secondly,Vietnamese students’ performance in acquiring sound length and sound intensity is relatives and final rhythmic words,where insufficient or excessive prolongation and volume increase may occur.Finally,the prolongation and volume increase of final rhythmic words exceed those of native speakers.In light of these findings,the following teaching recommendations have been put forward: 1)arrange the order of tones and intonation rationally and teach according to the tone;2)emphasize and innovate teaching methods;3)utilize computer technology and experimental speech analysis software,among other tools.