Tonal gestures in Mongolian interrogatives.
Author
Editor
- Mattias Heldner
Summary, in English
The article summarizes a study of tonal courses in Mongolian yes-no and
question word interrogatives. The investigation concerns local characteristics
of utterances, namely focal and boundary signaling gestures. A
phonological analysis of the gestures is proposed based on the acoustic data.
question word interrogatives. The investigation concerns local characteristics
of utterances, namely focal and boundary signaling gestures. A
phonological analysis of the gestures is proposed based on the acoustic data.
Department/s
Publishing year
2003
Language
English
Pages
189-192
Publication/Series
Proceedings from Fonetik 2003 ; Phonum 9
Volume
9
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Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
Dept. of Philosophy and Linguistics, Univ. Umeå
Topic
- General Language Studies and Linguistics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 91-7305-430-5