Tone restricts F0 range and variation in Kammu
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Summary, in English
The aim of this study is to investigate whether the occurrence of lexical tones in a language imposes restrictions on its pitch range. We use data from Kammu, a Mon-Khmer language spoken in Northern Laos, which has one dialect with, and one without, lexical tones. The main finding is that speakers of the tonal dialect have a narrower pitch range, and also a smaller variation in pitch range.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
53-55
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
TMH - QPSR
Volym
51
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Dokumenttyp
Konferensbidrag
Ämne
- General Language Studies and Linguistics
Nyckelord
- lexical tones
- intonaiton
- pitch range
- Kammu
- Mon-Khmer
Conference name
Fonetik 2011
Conference date
2011-06-08 - 2011-06-10
Conference place
Stockholm, Sweden
Status
Published