Boundary tones and the phonetic implementation of tone in Chichewa

In Chichewa (Bantu, Malawi), there are three differences in fundamental frequency (£0) between questions and statements: (a) questions have a fmal rise, while statements have a final fall, (b) questions do not display the strong downdrift trend found in statements, and (c) questions are produced in...

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Autor principal:	Scott Myers
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1996
Materias:	Chichewa Bantu phonetics questions statives prosody Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d2464a1afd6947239c781a2d2f6253e72021-11-19T03:54:01ZBoundary tones and the phonetic implementation of tone in Chichewa10.32473/sal.v25i1.1074030039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/d2464a1afd6947239c781a2d2f6253e71996-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107403https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XIn Chichewa (Bantu, Malawi), there are three differences in fundamental frequency (£0) between questions and statements: (a) questions have a fmal rise, while statements have a final fall, (b) questions do not display the strong downdrift trend found in statements, and (c) questions are produced in a higher pitch range than statements. A quantitative model is proposed that captures these generalizations through a dependency of the bottom of the current pitch range on the boundary tone. It is argued that such a model accounts for the distinction between question and statement better than a model in which pitch range distinctions are encoded in the phonological representation.Scott MyersLibraryPress@UFarticleChichewaBantuphoneticsquestionsstativesprosodyPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 25, Iss 1 (1996)
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description	In Chichewa (Bantu, Malawi), there are three differences in fundamental frequency (£0) between questions and statements: (a) questions have a fmal rise, while statements have a final fall, (b) questions do not display the strong downdrift trend found in statements, and (c) questions are produced in a higher pitch range than statements. A quantitative model is proposed that captures these generalizations through a dependency of the bottom of the current pitch range on the boundary tone. It is argued that such a model accounts for the distinction between question and statement better than a model in which pitch range distinctions are encoded in the phonological representation.
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Boundary tones and the phonetic implementation of tone in Chichewa

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