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ERIC Number: EJ425840
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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ISSN: ISSN-0952-6757
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Contour Tones.
Yip, Moira
Phonology, v6 n1 p149-74 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, Language Patterns, Phonology, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Tone Languages, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Asia
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