Effects of Duration and Sonority on Countour Tone Distribution A Typological Survey and Formal Analysis
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2002
/ Engelsk
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ISBN
9780415941563
Publisert
2002-08-02
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Routledge
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700 gr
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229 mm
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152 mm
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UP, 05
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Engelsk
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294
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First Published in 2002. Part of the Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics series, this is an in-depth investigation of the effects of duration and sonority on contour tone distribution. The term “tone language” usually refers to languages in which the pitch of a syllable serves lexical or grammatical functions. In some tone languages, the contrastive functions of pitch are sometimes played by pitch changes within a syllable. Pitch changes of this kind are called contour tones. The distribution of contour tones in a language, are when under what phonological contexts contour tones are more readily realized.
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This book presents a detailed and enlightening examination of the effects of duration and sonority on the patterns of positional restriction of contour tones.
Acknowledgments, 1 Background, 2 The Phonetics of Contour Tones, 3 Empirical Predictions of Different Approaches, 4 The Role of Contrast-Specific Phonetics in Contour Tone Distribution: A Survey, 5 The Role of Language-Specific Phonetics in Contour Tone Distribution: Instrumental Studies, 6 Against Structure-Only Alternatives, 7 A Phonetically-Driven Optimality-Theoretic Approach, 8 Case Studies, 9 Conclusion, Appendix: Data Sources for Languages in the Survey, References, Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780415941563
Publisert
2002-08-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
700 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
294
Forfatter