Effects of Duration and Sonority on Countour Tone Distribution (e-bog) af Zhang, Jie
Zhang, Jie

Effects of Duration and Sonority on Countour Tone Distribution e-bog

436,85 DKK
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 "e;tone language"e; 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 someti…
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 "e;tone language"e; 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.
E-bog 436,85 DKK
Forfattere Zhang, Jie (forfatter)
Forlag Routledge
Udgivet 16.12.2013
Længde 294 sider
Genrer Language: reference and general
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781136721762

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 "e;tone language"e; 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.