<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3">Yes, Lawrence Zbikowski has written on pitch metaphors (and looked at a number of cultures that don't treat pitch as related to height):</font><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Zbikowski, Lawrence M., 2002. Conceptualizing Music: Cognitive Structure, Theory and Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.</font><br><br><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span name="x"></span>Geoffrey S. Nathan<br>Faculty Liaison, C&IT<br>and Professor, Linguistics Program<br>http://blogs.wayne.edu/proftech/<br>+1 (313) 577-1259 (C&IT)<br><br>Nobody at Wayne State will EVER ask you for your password. Never send it to anyone in an email, no matter how authentic the email looks.<br><span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><b>From: </b>"Christina Eira" <ceira@vaclang.org.au><br><b>To: </b>r-n-l-d@lists.unimelb.edu.au<br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, June 5, 2014 11:53:06 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[RNLD] pitch metpahor<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#244061">has anyone written/come across a good description of the metaphors by which many languages characterise pitch as on a 'high-low' continuum?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#244061">(or if you can write 2 sentences or dot points that cover it that's good too!)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#244061">i know there are also languages which use a different continuum, such as thick-thin, but i'm after a convincing (preferably non-technical) explanation of the derivation of high-low</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#244061">thanks</span></p>
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