A tonal analysis of contemporary Tai Khuen varieties
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This paper presents an analysis of the tones of five contemporary Tai Khuen varieties in order to investigate the differences in the number of distinctive tones reported in the literature. The present study shows that while some contemporary speakers have a tone system with six tones, most speakers have only five tones. Comparison of the distribution and phonetic characteristics of the tones in the contemporary varieties with previous studies shows that the five tone system was derived by the...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Owen, R. Wyn | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-03T02:19:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-07-03T02:19:04Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1836-6821 | |
dc.identifier.other | ISO 639-3 Language codes: shn, kkh | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9117 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents an analysis of the tones of five contemporary Tai Khuen varieties in order to investigate the differences in the number of distinctive tones reported in the literature. The present study shows that while some contemporary speakers have a tone system with six tones, most speakers have only five tones. Comparison of the distribution and phonetic characteristics of the tones in the contemporary varieties with previous studies shows that the five tone system was derived by the coalescence of two tones in the six-tone system. Investigating the factors that determine which tone system a particular contemporary speaker uses leads to the conclusion that language contact with five-tone Shan was the cause of the change | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Australian National University | |
dc.format | 20 pages | |
dc.publisher | Asia-Pacific Linguistics | |
dc.rights | "Copyright vested in the author; released under Creative Commons Attribution Licence" - at head of journal article | |
dc.source | Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) 5 (2012): 12-31 | |
dc.subject | phonetics | |
dc.subject | tones | |
dc.subject | language contact | |
dc.title | A tonal analysis of contemporary Tai Khuen varieties | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2012-05-23 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-07-01 | |
local.publisher.url | http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ | |
local.publisher.url | http://www.jseals.org | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Owen, R. Wyn, Payap University, Chiang Mai | |
Collections | Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) ANU Research Publications |
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