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Local and metrical tone shift in Nguni
Studies in African Linguistics, 1990 In this paper I argue that the Nguni languages have both a metrical tone shift rule and a non-metrical (local) tone shift rule which precedes and feeds assignment of metrical prominence (accent).
Laura J. Downing
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Análisis del sistema acentual de Ondarroa
Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 1995 In this paper, we offer a description and analysis of the accentual system employed in Ondarroa. Among the northern Biscayan varieties, the Ondarroa system is particularly interesting because of the high degree of opacity that it presents.
José Ignacio Hualde
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Lithuanian Syllable: The Hierarchy of Syllable Constituents and Syllable Weight
Respectus Philologicus, 2022 The article aims to establish the hierarchy of Lithuanian syllable constituents and determine how syllables should be interpreted in terms of syllable weight. The empirical data based on 311 000 syllables show that the variety of consonants in the onset
Asta Kazlauskienė
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An Opacity Problem in Mayo Reduplication
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 2004 The phonological realization of heavy syllable reduplicants in Mayo (Uto-Aztecan) depends on the location of the accent in the unreduplicated form. Because the accent shifts after reduplication this creates an opacity in the determination of the base of ...
Haugen, Jason D.
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ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics), 2023 The study delineates divergences that set apart the Ugandan accent from RP with respect to primary lexical stress placement, as well as divergences that evince variability among Ugandans.
Adokorach Monica, Isingoma Bebwa
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The rhythmic type of Persian: A phonological perspective [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2023 In rhythmic typology, languages are categorized into stress-timed and syllable-timed types. Earlier studies have highlighted the isochrony of interstress intervals and syllables in stress-timed and syllable-timed languages, respectively.
Anis Masoumi, Golnaz Modarresi Ghavami
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How to Tell Beans from Farmers: Cues to the Perception of Pitch Accent in Whispered Norwegian
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2004 East Norwegian employs pitch accent contours in order to make lexical distinctions. This paper researches listeners' ability to make lexical distinctions in the absence of f0 (ie. whispered speech) as the listener attempts to determine which pitch accent
Hannele Nicholson, Andreas Hilmo Teig
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The Effect of IP Constituent Position and Foot Complexity on Timing in Polish Learner's English Pronunciation [PDF]
, 2010 A comparison of native and Polish learners' performance shows similar durations of stressed and pitch accented syllables. The unstressed syllables and syllable clusters, on the other hand, are significantly longer in non-native speech, and the ...
Porzuczek, Andrzej
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The Phonetic and Phonological Analysis of the Fall-Rise Intonation Pattern in the Kihnu Variety of Estonian; pp. 171-179 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2012 The paper presents an analysis of fall-rise intonation patterns in the Kihnu dialect of Estonian. The study is based on recordings of spontaneous speech from three generations of female speakers.
Eva Liina Asu, Nele Salveste
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The effect of pitch span on intonational plateaux [PDF]
, 2006 Previous research has indicated that the H (high) of a nuclear accent may be realized as a flat stretch of contour rather than as a single turning point. Both the duration of this plateau and its alignment within the accented syllable are affected by the
Knight, R.-A., Nolan, F.
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