Hypotheses concerning the phonetic and functional origins of tone displacement in Zulu

High tones in Zulu are displaced rightward from their vowel of origin in the context of preceding "depressor" consonants, a segment type traditionally considered to possess breathy phonation. In this paper, I suggest that physical properties of the speech mechanism-phonetic factors-may hav...

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Autor principal:	Daniel Silverman
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2000
Materias:	Zulu tones depressor consonants phonetics Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c78f266fb92841b99ccbe243a64c7e792021-11-19T03:53:38ZHypotheses concerning the phonetic and functional origins of tone displacement in Zulu10.32473/sal.v29i2.1073670039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/c78f266fb92841b99ccbe243a64c7e792000-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107367https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XHigh tones in Zulu are displaced rightward from their vowel of origin in the context of preceding "depressor" consonants, a segment type traditionally considered to possess breathy phonation. In this paper, I suggest that physical properties of the speech mechanism-phonetic factors-may have initially induced the apparent rightward "unhinging" of high tones in the context of preceding depressors, and that independent functional factors may have induced the conventionalization of tone displacement. As tones were less likely to neutralize upon displacement, displaced tokens were more often perceived unambiguously, and, hence, were more likely to be reproduced.Daniel SilvermanLibraryPress@UFarticleZulutonesdepressor consonantsphoneticsPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 29, Iss 2 (2000)
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description	High tones in Zulu are displaced rightward from their vowel of origin in the context of preceding "depressor" consonants, a segment type traditionally considered to possess breathy phonation. In this paper, I suggest that physical properties of the speech mechanism-phonetic factors-may have initially induced the apparent rightward "unhinging" of high tones in the context of preceding depressors, and that independent functional factors may have induced the conventionalization of tone displacement. As tones were less likely to neutralize upon displacement, displaced tokens were more often perceived unambiguously, and, hence, were more likely to be reproduced.
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title	Hypotheses concerning the phonetic and functional origins of tone displacement in Zulu
title_short	Hypotheses concerning the phonetic and functional origins of tone displacement in Zulu
title_full	Hypotheses concerning the phonetic and functional origins of tone displacement in Zulu
title_fullStr	Hypotheses concerning the phonetic and functional origins of tone displacement in Zulu
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Hypotheses concerning the phonetic and functional origins of tone displacement in Zulu

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