Tone Variation in the Wuxi Dialect

The Status of [h] and [ʔ] in the Sistani Dialect of Miyankangi

The purpose of this article is to determine the phonemic status of [h] and [ʔ] in the Sistani dialect of Miyankangi. Auditory tests applied to the relevant data show that [ʔ] occurs mainly in word-initial position, where it stands in free variation with Ø. The only place where [h] is heard is in Arabic and Persian loanwords, and only in the pronunciation of some speakers who are educated and/or...

Tone restricts F0 range and variation in Kammu

The aim of this study is to investigate whether the occurrence of lexical tones in a language imposes restrictions on its pitch range. We use data from Kammu, a Mon-Khmer language spoken in Northern Laos, which has one dialect with, and one without, lexical tones. The main finding is that speakers of the tonal dialect have a narrower pitch range, and also a smaller variation in pitch range.

Tonal and Sandhi Patterns of Shandong Dialects

The present study adopts phonetic experiment to systematically investigate the citation tone and tone sandhi patterns of Liaocheng and Tai’an dialect. It aims to provide empirical data for the theoretical analysis and explore the diversities of tonal phenomenon within Shandong (Hereinafter, as SD) dialect. Results demonstrate that both of these two dialects have four citation tones, i.e., Tone ...

Pattern substitution in Wuxi tone sandhi and its implication for phonological learning

Tonal Patterns of Linyi Dialects

This paper investigates the tonal pattern of mono-syllabic and the tone sandhi pattern of disyllable of Linyi dialect through the method of experimental phonetics. Previous studies provided the five-scale value of four citation tones and some of the features of tone sandhi of Linyi dialect. Further experimental data is needed to confirm these results, and to verify the tone sandhi patterns. Fir...