The Effects of Duration and Sonority on Countour Tone Distribution : A Typological Survey and Formal Analysis

by Jie Zhang

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics

ISBN-10 1138968463

ISBN-13 9781138968462

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 13th, 2016

Print length 292 Pages

Weight 540 grams

Product Classification: Literature & literary studies

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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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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