Tone
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Tone
（Cambridge textbooks in linguistics）
Cambridge University Press, 2002
- : hbk
- : pbk
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National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
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Doshisha University Library (Imadegawa)
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Bibliography: p. 311-334
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The sounds of language can be divided into consonants, vowels, and tones - the use of pitch to convey word meaning. Seventy percent of the world's languages use pitch in this way. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of the topic, this textbook provides a clearly organized introduction to tone and tonal phonology. Comprehensive in scope, it examines the main types of tonal systems found in Africa, the Americas, and Asia, using examples from the widest possible range of tone languages. It provides students with a basic grasp of the simple phonetics of tone, and covers key topics such as the distinctive feature systems suitable for tonal contrasts, allophonic and morphophonological tonal alterations, and how to analyze them within Optimality Theory. The book also examines the perception and acquisition of tone, as well as the interface between tonal phonology and the morphosyntax.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Contrastive tone
- 3. Tonal features
- 4. The autosegmental nature of tone, and its analysis in Optimality Theory
- 5. Tone in morphology and in syntax
- 6. African languages
- 7. Asian and Pacific languages
- 8. The Americas
- 9. Tone, stress, accent and intonation
- 10. Perception and acquisition of tone.
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