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The interaction of focus and phrasing with downstep and post-low-bouncing in Mandarin Chinese [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 L(ow) tone in Mandarin Chinese causes both downstep and post-low-bouncing. Downstep refers to the lowering of a H(igh) tone after a L tone, which is usually measured by comparing the H tones in a “H…HLH…H” sentence with a “H…HHH…H” sentence (cross ...
Frank Kugler
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Focus perception in Japanese: Effects of lexical accent and focus location. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 This study explored the contexts in which native Japanese listeners have difficulty identifying prosodic focus. Using a 4AFC identification task, we compared native Japanese listeners' focus identification accuracy in different lexical accent × focus ...
Albert Lee, Faith Chiu, Yi Xu
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Lexical Category and Downstep in Japanese
Languages, 2022 In pursuing the mapping between syntax and phonology/prosody, little attention has been paid to the kinds of syntactic information that can affect prosody. In this paper, we explore Japanese downstep, a process in phrasal phonology.
Manami Hirayama
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A Computational Model Based on Multi-Regional Calcium Imaging Represents the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in a Caenorhabditis elegans Sensory Neuron. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Due to the huge number of neuronal cells in the brain and their complex circuit formation, computer simulation of neuronal activity is indispensable to understanding whole brain dynamics.
Masahiro Kuramochi, Motomichi Doi
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Consonant Voicing, Tonal Morphemes, and Downstep in Gwari
Linguistique et langues africaines, 2018 This paper studies the downstep phenomenon in Gwari, a West Benue-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and reports that high and mid tones are subject to downstepping in the language.
Kolawole Adeniyi
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Down-step statistics in generalized Dyck paths [PDF]
Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, 2022 The number of down-steps between pairs of up-steps in $k_t$-Dyck paths, a generalization of Dyck paths consisting of steps $\{(1, k), (1, -1)\}$ such that the path stays (weakly) above the line $y=-t$, is studied.
Andrei Asinowski +2 more
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Downstep in Pari the tone system of a western Nilotic language
Studies in African Linguistics, 1988 Pari, a Western Nilotic language, has a terraced-level tone system with total downstep. Although Pari could be analyzed as having three basic tone levels and automatic downstep, there is morphological evidence that it has two basic tone levels and non ...
Torben Andersen
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Studies in African Linguistics, 1983 Downstep in the vast majority of cases can be traced to the influence of a low tone [Hyman 1979]. This paper discusses the case of Supyire, a three tone language with downstep unrelated to low tone.
Robert Carlson
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Njerep a postcard from the edge
Studies in African Linguistics, 2000 Kunama has been reported by different scholars as having two or three tones, downstep (or not), contrastive length of both consonants and vowels, and lexical stress.
Bruce Connell, David Zeitlyn
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Tonal alternations in the Urhobo noun phrase
Studies in African Linguistics, 2003 Urhobo is an Edoid language spoken extensively in Delta State, Nigeria. This paper examines tonal alternations in the Urhobo noun phrase with a view to providing more data that can lead to a better understanding of tonal behavior in Edoid languages.
Rose O. Aziza
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