LINGUIST List 13.49

Thu Jan 10 2002

Qs: Floating Tones, Head Prominence

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  • Mike Cahill, floating tones
  • Mike Cahill, head prominence

    Message 1: floating tones

     Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:19:36 -0500
    From: Mike Cahill <mike_cahillsil.org>
    Subject: floating tones




    "Floating tones" are abundant in African languages, and have been documented in a number of Mexican languages as well. Does anyone know of their existence in other languages of the world? I'll post a summary of responses.

    Dr. Mike Cahill Summer Institute of Linguistics

    Message 2: head prominence

     Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:22:50 -0500
    From: Mike Cahill <mike_cahillsil.org>
    Subject: head prominence




    It seems intuitively obvious that heads of phrases should be more phonetically prominent than non-heads. But does anyone know of cases or actual studies where this has been shown? Or counterexamples? I'll post a summary of responses.

    Dr. Mike Cahill Summer Institute of Linguistics