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In linguistic study, tone is usually equated with pitch. Andrea Pham argues that this view of tone is problematic. Her acoustic analysis of tone in Vietnamese uses data from various speakers to show that the phonation features of breathiness and creakiness correlate much more closely with tonal perceptions than pitch height alone. This finding resolves what has long been regarded as a serious contradiction between the phonetics of certain Vietnamese tones and their phonological status. This new book offers research that will affect further study of tone in Vietnamese and other tonal languages.
In linguistic study, tone is usually equated with pitch. Andrea Pham argues that this view of tone is problematic. Her acoustic analysis of tone in Vietnamese uses data from various speakers to show that the phonation features of breathiness and creakiness correlate much more closely with tonal perceptions than pitch height alone. This finding resolves what has long been regarded as a serious contradiction between the phonetics of certain Vietnamese tones and their phonological status. This new book offers research that will affect further study of tone in Vietnamese and other tonal languages.
Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Phonological Issues 3 The Tonal Inventory 4 The Acoustics of Tone 5 The Phonetics and Phonology of Tone 6 The Domain of Tone 7 Conclusion References Index
Andrea Hoa Pham is Assistant Professor of Vietnamese in the Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Florida. She has published papers on various aspects of Vietnamese, from phonetics and phonology to gender systems. She is the author of a collection of Vietnamese poetry.
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