The Effects of Duration and Sonority on Countour Tone Distribution: A Typological Survey and Formal Analysis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138968462)

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.

Author: Jie Zhang
ISBN-10: 1138968463
ISBN-13: 9781138968462
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2016
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d