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Direct linkBeal, Heather D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation describes the segments and tones of Soyaltepec Mazatec, an Oto-Manguean language of southern Mexico virtually undescribed in the literature with the exception of Pike (1956). The preliminary work done by Pike and subsequent analyses by Goldsmith (1990) and Pizer (1994) are reviewed giving evidence that the system is complex and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Morphemes, Syllables, Phonemes
Peer reviewedYip, Moira – Phonology, 1989
Argues that contour tones in East Asian languages behave as melodic units consisting of a root node [upper] dominating a branching specification. It is also argued that, with upper as the tonal root node, no more than two rising or falling tones will contrast underlying. (49 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Japanese
