Suprasegmental Phenomena in Germanic: Tonal Accent

P Iosad - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2024 - oxfordre.com
Several Germanic varieties possess a phonological contrast usually referred to as “tonal
accent.” They demonstrate phonological contrasts between words that are otherwise …

Register and tone developments in Vietic languages

T Ta - 2023 - ruor.uottawa.ca
This dissertation studies the synchronic phonetics of the tonation systems of five Vietic
(Austroasiatic) varieties, Arem (ISO: aem), Rục (ISO: scb), and three North-Central …

An acoustic study of Punjabi tones and an investigation of ongoing tonal changes

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Punjabi has three tones, with the falling and rising tones occurring due to the historically lost
voiced aspirated consonants and word-final glottal fricative/ɦ/, and the default tone …