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Peer reviewedYip, Moira – Phonology, 1989
Argues that contour tones in East Asian languages behave as melodic units consisting of a root node [upper] dominating a branching specification. It is also argued that, with upper as the tonal root node, no more than two rising or falling tones will contrast underlying. (49 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Japanese
