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Low tone raising in Hausa a critical assessment
Studies in African Linguistics, 1989 Low tone raising (LTR) refers to a phonological rule postulated for Hausa by Leben [1971], whereby word-final Low-Low sequences change to Low-High if the final vowel is long.
Paul Newman, Philip J. Jaggar
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The reality of Hausa low tone raising a response
Studies in African Linguistics, 1989 Paul Newman and Philip Jaggar in an article in this issue of Studies in African Linguistics argue that a rule of Low Tone Raising (L TR), proposed in Leben [1971] is not a synchronic rule in Hausa.
Russell G. Schuh
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The use of tonal coarticulation cues in Cantonese spoken word recognition [PDF]
JASA Express Letters, 2022 Previous studies suggest that listeners may use segmental coarticulation cues to facilitate spoken word recognition. Based on existing production studies which showed a pre-low raising effect in Cantonese tonal coarticulation, this study used a word ...
Zhen Qin, Jingwei Zhang
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The interaction of focus and phrasing with downstep and post-low-bouncing in Mandarin Chinese
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 ...
Bei Wang, Frank Kügler, Susanne Genzel
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 While the f0 realization of lexical tones vary extensively in contexts, little has been known on how listeners process the variation in lexical tones due to contextual effects such as tonal coarticulation in spoken word recognition.
Qian Li
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High tone lowering and raising in Tsua
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2018 The Tsua language is an Eastern Kalahari Khoe language of Botswana (Chebanne 2014). Tsua tone production displays complex Fundamental Frequency (F0) trajectories. Lexical data show that this language has three tone levels: High (H), Mid (M), and Low (L),
Mathes, Timothy K. +1 more
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Some implications of low tone raising in southwestern Edo
, 1977 There are five Edo languaees called Southwestern Edo. They are Eruwa, Isoko, Okp~. Urhobo; and Uvbi~.l The ~do languages a~e mostly spoken in Bendel State, though there are some spoken in the Rivers and Ondo States. Greenberg [1966:9] classifies Edo as a Kwa subgroup: e; Elugbe [1973] classifies Southwestern Edo with Delta Edo (the Edo languages of the
Ben Elugbe
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Studies in African Linguistics, 1989 Some twenty years ago Leben proposed that Hausa had a productive, essentially exceptionless P rule ("L TR") to the effect that any word fmal L L sequence automatically changed to L H if the final vowel of the word was long.
Paul Newman, Philip J. Jaggar
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Leonurine Attenuates Obesity-Related Vascular Dysfunction and Inflammation
Antioxidants, 2022 Oxidative stress in adipose tissue is a crucial pathogenic mechanism of obesity-associated cardiovascular diseases. Chronic low-grade inflammation caused by obesity increases ROS production and dysregulation of adipocytokines.
Xiao-Dong Shi +5 more
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Phonetics or phonology? The case of falling contours in County Galway English
Anglophonia, 2023 The starting point of this research is the hypothesis that Irish might have an influence on Irish English at the intonational level. Three types of sentences (declaratives, WH-Questions and Yes-No Questions) are studied based on the PAC-Galway corpus: 33
Airelle Théveniaut, Sophie Herment
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