LINGUIST List 14.1224

Wed Apr 30 2003

Books: Phonetics/Phonology, Vietnamese: Pham

Editor for this issue: Marisa Ferrara <marisalinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. pjohnson, Vietnamese Tone: Pham

Title: Vietnamese Tone
Subtitle: A New Analysis
Series Title: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) 
 http://www.routledge.com/		 

Author: Andrea Hoa Pham, University of Florida 

Hardback: ISBN: 0415967627, Pages: 192, Price: $65.00
			
Abstract:

In linguistic study, tone is usually equated with pitch. Andrea Pham
argues that this view of tone is problematic. Her acoustic analysis of
tone in Vietnamese uses data from various speakers to show that the
phonation features of breathiness and creakiness correlate much more
closely with tonal perceptions than pitch height alone. This finding
resolves what has long been regarded as a serious contradiction
between the phonetics of certain Vietnamese tones and their
phonological status. This new book offers research that will affect
further study of tone in Vietnamese and other tonal languages.

Lingfield(s): Linguistic Theories
		Phonetics
		Phonology
			 
Subject Language(s): Vietnamese (Language code: VIE)
			 
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)


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