The Effects of Duration and Sonority on Countour Tone Distribution

A Typological Survey and Formal Analysis

Jie Zhang author

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Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:13th May '16

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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.

ISBN: 9781138968462

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Weight: 453g

292 pages