{"product_id":"the-effects-of-duration-and-jie-zhang-9781138968462","title":"The Effects of Duration and Sonority on Countour Tone Distribution: A Typological Survey and Formal Analysis","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jie Zhang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138968463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138968462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Jie Zhang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850316296447,"sku":"9781138968462","price":70.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-effects-of-duration-and-jie-zhang-9781138968462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}