1. Two Third Tone Sandhi in Mandarin Chinese
M98c0209 李威德

2. Introduction
The most obvious changes happen in Mandarin tone of voice changes in the two linked three acoustic sound words.
The earliest literature which has pointed out that two of the three acoustic sound and modulation are the same.
How: This study will use questionnaires to text subjects, then
analysis their data.

3. Literature Review
Lo, Wei-Ping. (2003) The psychological Reality of Third Tone Sandhi in Mandarin Chinese. 62
Lo Chin-Cheng. (2004) The Falling of the Rising Tone”The Second Tone Sandhi in Mandarin Chinese Spoken by Southern Min Speaker in Taiwan” 80

4. Research Question
1. What the differences between higher and lower educational participants in speaking ?
2. Whether the participants can read aloud the sandhi of three tone automatically without reminder?

5. Methodology
Subjects: Ten middle age participants, two male and eight female.
Instruments: Questionnaires paper, cell phone (Sony Ericsson K810i)
Experiments: (reading list, text, etc.)

6. Procedure
The method to carry out this study is to interview ten middle age participants
The data which include different genders, ages, and different experiences of each educational background.
Old age persons couldn’t recognize the words in questionnaire and some of them would feel shy when noticed ready to be investigate, even some of participants couldn’t speak in Mandarin.

7. Limitations Amount of participants Personality Can’t read Chinese
Recording device
Software

8. Finding or Results
Through the data analysis it shows more higher education the phenomenon of sandhi will more specific.

9. Questionnaire

10. The end of presentation