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Four Mandarin tones were elicited in short and long sentences under declarative statement and declarative question conditions and analyzed using generalized additive mixed models and linear mixed-effects models. Results show that interrogatives exhibit elevated F0 relative to declaratives, with the strongest divergence occurring at the sentence-final syllable. Crucially, interrogative marking is tone-sensitive. Tone 1 shows register raising and final contour modification; Tones 2 and 3 exhibit enhancement of their rising components while preserving tonal minima; and Tone 4 maintains its falling contour despite global pitch elevation. These findings indicate that interrogative prosody modulates rather than neutralizes lexical tonal identity. Duration analysis further reveals tone-dependent temporal organization. In long sentences, interrogatives show significant final-syllable lengthening for Tones 2\u20134 but not for Tone 1. 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