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Levin, Maurice I. – Russian Language Journal, 1975
Presents a system of stress notation for the Russian adjective which indicates the pattern any given adjective belongs to. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Instruction
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Fichtner, Edward G. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1972
Revised version of a paper delivered at the Second Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, Gainesville, Florida, October 30 - November 1, 1969. (VM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Intonation, Language Patterns
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Martin, Philippe – Linguistics, 1975
Discusses rules governing the intonation of French phrases and sentences. (Text is in French.) (RM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, French, Intonation, Linguistic Theory
Crystal, David – 1969
Presented is a systematic linguistic description of such features as intonation and stress, usually summed up in the phrase "tone of voice." Paying special attention to English, the author has aimed to present as complete a description as possible, and to clarify the theoretical concepts needed to talk precisely about these phenomena. Following…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar
Sethi, J. – 1971
The sentence intonation of Panjabi (a tone language) is described, as it is spoken in the district of Sialkot in West Pakistan. A system of phonetic transcription is established, and the intonation of sentences and questions is treated in two chapters. (JB)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Research, Panjabi
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Kam, Tak Him – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1977
In Cantonese, there are cases where two semantically related monosyllabic morphemes contrast with each other by tone only. Such cases may be classified into four groups. Synchronic classification of examples may be of some pedagogical use to teachers and students of Cantonese. (CHK)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Chinese, Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation
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Vanderslice, Ralph; Ladefoged, Peter – Language, 1972
Abbreviated version of this paper was read under the title Nuclear Accent and Intonation Rules of English'' at the 1970 summer meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, in Columbus, Ohio, and an interim version appeared in UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics'' (1971). (VM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Intonation
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Kortlandt, F. H. H. – Linguistics, 1975
Field research into the Heiltsuk language, part of the Kwakiutlic branch of the Wakashan language family, in British Columbia is reported. Some of the features of Heiltsuk phonetics are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Intonation
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Hirst, D. J. – Linguistics, 1976
This article presents a description of intonation in English in terms of the relationship between the syntactic surface structure of a given sentence and certain distinctive intonative features.
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Intonation
Maddieson, Ian, Comp.; Gandour, Jack, Comp. – 1974
This annotated bibliography, which has been entered into the SOLAR Bibliography File, focuses on the phonetics and phonology of tone, including studies on the physiology of phonation and pitch control, pitch perception, inherent pitch of vowels, the interaction of tone with musical melody in tone languages, and other related issues. An attempt has…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
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Blight, Richard C.; Pike, Eunice V. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1976
Included in the phonology are three contrastive lexical tones, a prepause syllable (as part of intonation), nine oral vowels, four nasal vowels, and many consonant clusters which differ in accordance with their distribution in reference to their place in the word: prestress, stressed syllable, and poststress. (SCC)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
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Lantolf, James P. – Modern Language Journal, 1976
Reviews significant endeavors in the teaching of intonation, and outlines a specific technique of the instruction of suprasegmentals. (CLK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Kovac, Ceil – 1975
Following a review of related work on intonation, both phonetic and phonemic descriptions of intonation in Italian are presented. Using recordings of radio broadcasts as data, a system of assigning pitch levels to syllables was devised, based on four pitches. The close relationship between stress placement and pitch level was considered. In order…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Italian
Al-Ani, Salman H. – 1970
This book presents an acoustical and physiological Investigation of contemporary standard Arabic as spoken in Iraq. Spectrograms and X-ray sound films are used to perform the analysis for the study. With this equipment, the author considers the vowels, consonants, pharyngealized consonants, pharyngeals and glottals, duration, gemination, and…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Arabic, Articulation (Speech), Consonants
Fromkin, Victoria A. – 1974
This paper examines the problem of whether tonal representation should be considered segmental or suprasegmental. Woo's hypothesis that tone features are to be specified segmentally is discussed as well as Leben's statement that in some languages tone is suprasegmental. The following are criteria suggested as a basis for tonal representation:…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Language Patterns
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