16.588, Qs: Unmarked Contour Tone; Landscape and Language

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LINGUIST List: Vol-16-588. Sun Feb 27 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.588, Qs: Unmarked Contour Tone; Landscape and Language

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1)
Date: 27-Feb-2005
From: Joaquim de Carvalho < jbrandao at idf.ext.jussieu.fr >
Subject: Unmarked Contour Tone

2)
Date: 27-Feb-2005
From: Kathy Rich < krr36 at earthlink.net >
Subject: Landscape and Language

	
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:08:07
From: Joaquim de Carvalho < jbrandao at idf.ext.jussieu.fr >
Subject: Unmarked Contour Tone



Dear linguistlisters,

I have two questions on the typology of tonal systems:

1) Are there tonal systems limited to the three following units: two level
tones (H and L) and only one contour tone?

2) If such systems exist, is the shape of this unique contour predictable?

Is it a falling or a rising tone?

Thanks in advance for any piece of information. I will post a summary if
there are enough responses.

Joaquim Brandao de Carvalho
Departement de linguistique
Universite Paris 8 / UMR 7023
jbrandao at ext.jussieu.fr

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
                     Typology


	
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:08:10
From: Kathy Rich < krr36 at earthlink.net >
Subject: Landscape and Language

	

For a book I'm writing on language acquistion, I'm interested in any
material, historic or current, that's been written on the effects of
landscape on language.

Thanks.

Katherine Russell Rich

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition




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