Tone - Moira Yip
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The "Tone" manual is a comprehensive introduction to tone and tonal phonology, covering consonants, vowels, and tones. It explores the use of pitch to convey word meaning, a feature present in seventy percent of the world's languages. The book examines various tonal systems found in Africa, the Americas, and Asia, using examples from a wide range of tone languages. It provides a basic understanding of the simple phonetics of tone and covers key topics such as distinctive feature systems suitable for tonal contrasts, allophonic and morphophonological tonal alterations, and their analysis within Optimality Theory. Additionally, the manual delves into the perception and acquisition of tone, as well as the interface between tonal phonology and morphosyntax.
- Author: Yip, Moira
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Illustration: N
- Language: ENG
- Pages: 00376 (Encrypted)
- On Sale: 2002-08-15
- SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521773140
Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines : Linguistics - General
- Language Arts & Disciplines : Linguistics - Phonetics & Phon
- Science : History
