Phonological Tone

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-107-56530-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

Reihe: Key Topics in Phonology

From the physiology and acoustics to their patterning across human languages, tone is one of the fundamental constructs in human languages that is also among the hardest to apprehend. Drawing upon a large number of languages around the world, this volume explores the concept of tone starting from its physical properties of articulation and acoustics to its manifestation in phonology. Designed as a comprehensive study accessible to the novice and useful for the expert, each chapter covers a particular aspect of tone in increasing depth and complexity, weaving together key concepts and theories that provide complementing or competing accounts of tone's phonological intricacies. In the process, one uncovers the underlying laws and principles that inform today's understanding of the subject to form a more synthesized view that also allows us to explore the relation of tone to other important areas of humanity such as literature, history, music and cognition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wee, Lian-Hee

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Tone basics; 2. Autosegmentality and associations; 3. Discovery of tone and sub-tonal entities; 4. Tone sandhi I: phonetic or phonological; 5. Tone sandhi II: phonological analyses; 6. Interaction: segments to prosody; 7. Cognitive aspects of tone.

Über Autor(innen)

Wee, Lian-Hee
Lian-Hee Wee is professor and associate dean of arts at the Hong Kong Baptist University. His research focuses on Chinese languages and Asian Englishes, contributing to phonological theorizing grounded in field and laboratory data, with extensions to music and poetry.