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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am working on a short paper on prosody and poetry
in Kalam Kohistani (Pakistan). Kalam Kohistani is a tone language, and one of
the questions I am asking is if there is a systematic relation in this language
between the pitches of a song and the phonological tones of the words of the
song. (It would seem that there isn't; at least not in the styles I have
recorded.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am wondering if this specific question has been
addressed before for any Indo-Aryan language. One would think, for
instance, that somebody must have looked at Punjabi tone and songs, but I
have no references to any work in this area. The only material that I am aware
of at the moment concerns Vedic accents and the extent to which they are
preserved in recitation (Wayne Howard: "Vedic chant" in the Garland Encyclopedia
of World Music, Vol. 5).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are aware of any relevant work, please let
me know.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With best wishes,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joan Baart</FONT></DIV>
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