Table 4 Multinomial mixed effects model for simulated high tones “ting1 ting1 ji3” and simulated low tones “zau6 hai6 ji3” (Tone 6 as the baseline).

From: Modelling representations in speech normalization of prosodic cues

 

Simulated low tones

 

Simulated high tones

Estimate

p-value

Estimate

p-value

Intercept 1

− 3.05

 < 0.001

Intercept 1

− 1.49

< 0.001

Intercept 3

− 1.19

 < 0.001

Intercept 3

− 0.09

0.303

Pitch value 1

0.04

 < 0.001

Pitch value 1

0.03

< 0.001

Pitch value 3

0.02

 < 0.001

Pitch value 3

0.01

0.006

Indicator 1

− 0.43

0.173

Indicator 1

− 1.99

< 0.001

Indicator 3

− 0.15

0.148

Indicator 3

− 1.25

< 0.001

tt 1

− 1.22

 < 0.001

zh 1

3.78

< 0.001

tt 3

0.11

0.314

zh 3

2.05

< 0.001

Pitch*Indicator 1

− 0.02

 < 0.001

Pitch*Indicator 1

− 0.01

< 0.001

Pitch*Indicator 3

− 0.01

0.014

Pitch*Indicator 3

0.00

0.880

Pitch*tt 1

− 0.03

 < 0.001

Pitch*zh 1

− 0.02

< 0.001

Pitch*tt 3

− 0.01

0.060

Pitch*zh 3

− 0.01

0.006

Indicator*tt 1

1.39

0.002

Indicator*zh 1

3.28

< 0.001

Indicator*tt 3

1.14

 < 0.001

Indicator*zh 3

0.88

< 0.001

Pitch*Indicator*tt 1

0.02

 < 0.001

Pitch*Indicator*zh 1

0.01

0.020

Pitch*Indicator*tt 3

0.00

0.861

Pitch*Indicator*zh 3

0.01

0.079