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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Phon. 2009 Oct;37(4):502–520. doi: 10.1016/j.wocn.2009.08.003

Table 1.

List of stimuli and their compositions.

Group Tone Pinyin Glossary
all-R R nán south
RR yún nán Yunnan (province name)
RRR yún nán rén Yunnanese
RRRR yún nán rén mín the people of Yunnan
R#RRR nán yún nán rén male Yunnanese

all-F F yòng use
FF wài yòng external use
FFF wài yòng yào external medicine
FFFF wài yòng yào liàng external medicine dosage
F#FFF màn wài yòng yào slow external medicine

RF RF rán liào fuel
RFR rán liào méi fuel coal
RFRF rán liào méi mò fuel coal dust

FR FR yàn yú mackerel
FRF yàn yú ròu mackerel meat
FRFR yàn yú ròu wán mackerel meat ball

all-H H black
HH wū yī witch doctor
HHH wū yī wū the witch doctor is black
HHHH wū yī wū yī ng witch doctor and black eagle