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Tone restricts F0 range and variation in Kammu

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Summary, in English

The aim of this study is to investigate whether the occurrence of lexical tones in a language imposes restrictions on its pitch range. We use data from Kammu, a Mon-Khmer language spoken in Northern Laos, which has one dialect with, and one without, lexical tones. The main finding is that speakers of the tonal dialect have a narrower pitch range, and also a smaller variation in pitch range.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

53-55

Publication/Series

TMH - QPSR

Volume

51

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Keywords

  • lexical tones
  • intonaiton
  • pitch range
  • Kammu
  • Mon-Khmer

Conference name

Fonetik 2011

Conference date

2011-06-08 - 2011-06-10

Conference place

Stockholm, Sweden

Status

Published