Browsing Department of Linguistics & TESOL by Subject "Tone"

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    • A Comparative Tone Analysis of Several Bantu D30 Languages (DR Congo) 

      Rasmussen, Kent; 0000-0002-0111-9439 (2018-05-23)
      This dissertation presents an analysis of the tonal systems of the Bantu D30 languages. There are 34 Bantu D languages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), few of which have developed orthographies (Lewis, Simons, ...

    • A perception study on the third tone in Mandarin Chinese 

      Cao, Rui; Sarmah, Priyankoo (Linguistics & TESOL, 2007)
      **Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: This experimental study examines the role of the shape of the pitch contour in the perception of the Mandarin Chinese tone 3.2 A set of stimuli was constructed by ...

    • Preliminary tone analysis of possessed nouns in Chicahuaxtla Trique 

      Matsukawa, Kosuke (Linguistics & TESOL, 2007)
      **Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Chicahuaxtla Trique is one of the Trique languages spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico. Among three Trique languages, Chicahuaxtla Trique has the most complicated tone system ...