Ma Qiuwu & Xia Zhihua 
Experimental Research on the Convergence of Prosody in Chinese Dialogue 

Tongji Doctor”s Essays: An Experimental Research on the Convergence of Prosody in Chinese Dialogue studies the phenomenon of prosody convergence in Chinese dialogue, and is one of the researches on the realization of the pragmatic function of prosody in conversational communication.Tongji Doctor”s Essays: An Experimental Research on the Convergence of Prosody in Chinese Dialogue uses experimental methods to analyze natural conversation. The main purpose of the research is to explore the laws of the Convergence of Prosody in Chinese Dialogue, and at the same time, to the extent feasible, compare the laws of convergence between English and Chinese prosody, and find out the similarities and differences between the two languages in terms of the realization of the pragmatic function of prosody.