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Date: 22-Dec-2023
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: Complexity in the Phonology of Tone: Wee & Li (2023)


Title: Complexity in the Phonology of Tone
Series Title: Elements in Phonology
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
                http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL: https://cambridge.org/9781009078061

Author: Lian-Hee Wee
Author: Mingxing Li
Abstract:

The complexity of tone can only be appreciated through phonological
patterning that unveils structures beyond differences in pitch heights
and contour profiles. Following an introduction on tone's ability to
express lexical and grammatical contrasts, Section 2 explains that
phonetically, fundamental frequency profiles make for the best
descriptors. From these descriptions, Section 3 explains how, through
postulations of subatomic entities that comprise tones, a language's
tone inventory can be quite symmetrical. In looking at tone's
independence from the syllable and segments, Section 4 establishes
tone as an autosegment. Sections 5, 6, and 7 go on to discuss a myriad
of complexities where tones interact with one another and with other
phonological entities. Here, the authors offer a suggestion on how
some of these interactions can be captured within the same analytical
umbrella. Section 8 then peeks into tone's phonological properties
through music and poetry.

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English (eng)



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