Tone and vowel quality

Zee, Eric

doi:10.1016/s0095-4470(19)31474-3

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“…When measuring the intrinsic pitch of vowels following voiceless consonants at the onset of the vowels, the F 0 of /u/ is a bit lower than that of /a/, which does not seem to support the intrinsic pitch theory. In some previous studies, the F 0 of /u/ has been lower than that of /a/ (Shi and Zhang, 1987;Zee, 1980), indicating that the phenomenon is not absolutely universal.…”

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“…Though the application of different methodologies varies the size of the intrinsic pitch effect, all of the findings in Southeast Asian families showed that, as in European and other languages, the F 0 of high vowels is higher than that of low vowels (Han, 1969;Mohr, 1971;Zee, 1980;Boonphan et al, 1982;Rakotofiringa, 1968, 1982, cited in Whalen and Levitt, 1995Shi and Zhang, 1987;Svantesson, 1988;Rose, 1997;Watkins, 2002;Teeranon, 2005). Besides the experimental procedures, the difference between high and low vowels due to other factors was also examined by Whalen and Levitt (1995).…”

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The Influence of Initial Consonants on the Intrinsic Pitch of High and Low Vowels in the Malay Dialect Spoken in Pathumthani Province, Thailand

Teeranon¹

2006

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High vowels tend to have higher intrinsic F0 (pitch) than low vowels (e.g. Lehiste, 1970; Whalen and Levitt, 1995). Higher intrinsic F0 occurs on vowels which follow voiceless consonants, lower intrinsic F0 occurs on vowels which follow voiced consonants. When high vowels follow voiced consonants and low vowels follow voiceless consonants, the voicing of initial consonants has been found to counterbalance the intrinsic F0 value of high and low vowels. In other words, voiced consonants will lower F0 values of high vowels, and voiceless consonants will raise F0 values of low vowels to the extent that the average F0 of these high vowels is actually lower than the average F0 of the low vowels under examination (Clark and Yallop, 1990; House and Fairbanks, 1953; Lehiste, 1970; Lehiste and Peterson, 1961; Laver, 1994). To test whether this counterbalance finding is applicable to Southeast Asian languages, the F0 values of high and low vowels following voiceless and voiced consonants were studied in a Malay dialect of the Austronesian language family spoken in Pathumthani Province, Thailand.

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The Influence of Initial Consonants on the Intrinsic Pitch of High and Low Vowels in the Malay Dialect Spoken in Pathumthani Province, Thailand

Teeranon¹

2006

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“…/i/, have a higher pitch than low vowels, e.g. /a/, in non-tonal languages such as Malagasy (Whalen and Levitt 1995), an Austronesian language; in register languages such as Paroak (Watkins 2002), a Mon-Khmer language; and in tonal languages such as Thai (Mohr 1971, Zee 1980, Bunphan et al 1982, Svantesson 1988, Rose 1997). All of the findings conclude that high vowels cause a higher fundamental frequency than that of low vowels.…”

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Initial Consanant Voicing Perturbation of the Fundamental Frequency of Oral Vowels and Nasal Vowels: A Controversial Case from Ban Doi Pwo Karen

Teeranon¹

2012

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This paper aims to analyze the acoustic characteristics of initial consonant voicing perturbation of the fundamental frequency of oral vowels and nasal vowels of Ban Doi Pwo Karen. Three age groups of informants were selected: over-sixty years old (>60), middle aged (35-45), and under-twenty years old (<20). The acoustic analysis method was employed to analyze the mean vowel duration (msec), mean vowel amplitude (dB), and mean vowel fundamental frequency (Hz). The results show that voiceless initial consonants tend to cause a lower fundamental frequency than that of the voiced initial consonants. This has excited controversy concerning the tonogenesis theory of initial voicing perturbation on vowels. However, it was later found that the vowels followed by voiceless initial consonants were breathy and it was the voice register of vowels that caused the low fundamental frequency values. In contrast to other studies, the nasal vowels were not always higher in fundamental frequency when compared to oral vowels. In all age groups, nasal vowels following either voiceless or voiced consonants were found to be higher in fundamental frequency than oral vowels, except in the younger age group where the fundamental frequency of nasal vowels following voiced consonants was lower than that of the oral vowels following voiced consonants.

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“…Furthermore, while Connel (2002) finds significant influence of Low tone on F 1 , this is not true for other tones, for mid vowels, or languages that have more than two tones. Zee (1980) finds that speakers differ on whether F 0 and F 1 of individual vowels correlate positively or negatively. Pape and Mooshammer (2006) report that intrinsic F 0 is language dependent.…”

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“…In other languages, however, the opposite is true. In Taiwanese (Zee 1980), high tone correlates with higher F1, or a lower vowel. In Rengao (Gregerson 1976), tense vowels select lower tones than lax vowels.…”

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Interactions of tone and ATR in Slovenian

Becker¹

2017

Segmental Structure and Tone

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The interaction of tone with vowel quality is rarely reported. In fact, Hombert (1977) and de Lacy (2007) deny that such interactions are possible. We present a particularly clear case of synchronic interaction of tone with vowel quality in Slovenian as a counterexample. Slovenian restricts the combination of high tones with lax mid vowels by adjusting the tone in the native phonology and adjusting the vowel quality in the loanword phonology. We use this case to motivate an Optimality Theoretic (Prince and Smolensky, 1993/2004) analysis of Slovenian using a markedness constraint that penalizes high tones on lax vowels. Most reports of vowel-segment interaction involve the effect of consonants on tone, most commonly the lowering effect of voiced obstruents and the raising effect of voice

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Tone and vowel quality

Cited by 29 publications

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The Influence of Initial Consonants on the Intrinsic Pitch of High and Low Vowels in the Malay Dialect Spoken in Pathumthani Province, Thailand

The Influence of Initial Consonants on the Intrinsic Pitch of High and Low Vowels in the Malay Dialect Spoken in Pathumthani Province, Thailand

Initial Consanant Voicing Perturbation of the Fundamental Frequency of Oral Vowels and Nasal Vowels: A Controversial Case from Ban Doi Pwo Karen

Interactions of tone and ATR in Slovenian

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