Garo and rGyarong (Suomo) prosodies
Two recent LTBA papers' have shed further light on the prosodies (accents) of Tibeto-Burman. Both Garo and Chepang have for some time nowt been known to have glottalized reflexes for PTB •B, to be reconstructed as /rising tone/; cf. the following: Tone •B reflexes, in Chinese as well as Tibet...
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| description | Two recent LTBA papers' have shed further light on the prosodies (accents) of Tibeto-Burman. Both Garo and Chepang have for some time nowt been known to have glottalized reflexes for PTB •B, to be reconstructed as /rising tone/; cf. the following:
Tone •B reflexes, in Chinese as well as Tibeto-Karen (TM, are frequently creaky to some degree or even glottalized, e.g. in Nocte and Tangsa (Northern Naga'); Mikir; Lotha and Yimchinger (Kuki Naga), leading perhaps to segmentalization /?/ in both Chepang and Garo, with creaky/glottal phonation an alternative possibility for both. This marking of *B appears to be related to the findings of Ohala and Ewan (1973) that a rising pitch involves more 'effort' than a falling pitch. The key role played here by the RISING factor is shown especially by Mandarin Chinese, which has developed a rising tone from 'low' PST 5A (xia ping sheng), recorded by the writer in Northern China as having glottal closure (') and in Kunming (Yunnan) as heavily glottalized. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1793602024-07-30T06:10:20Z Garo and rGyarong (Suomo) prosodies Benedict, Paul K. Arts and Humanities Two recent LTBA papers' have shed further light on the prosodies (accents) of Tibeto-Burman. Both Garo and Chepang have for some time nowt been known to have glottalized reflexes for PTB •B, to be reconstructed as /rising tone/; cf. the following: Tone •B reflexes, in Chinese as well as Tibeto-Karen (TM, are frequently creaky to some degree or even glottalized, e.g. in Nocte and Tangsa (Northern Naga'); Mikir; Lotha and Yimchinger (Kuki Naga), leading perhaps to segmentalization /?/ in both Chepang and Garo, with creaky/glottal phonation an alternative possibility for both. This marking of *B appears to be related to the findings of Ohala and Ewan (1973) that a rising pitch involves more 'effort' than a falling pitch. The key role played here by the RISING factor is shown especially by Mandarin Chinese, which has developed a rising tone from 'low' PST 5A (xia ping sheng), recorded by the writer in Northern China as having glottal closure (') and in Kunming (Yunnan) as heavily glottalized. Published version 2024-07-30T06:10:19Z 2024-07-30T06:10:19Z 1994 Journal Article Benedict, P. K. (1994). Garo and rGyarong (Suomo) prosodies. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 17(1), 179-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.17.1.13 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179360 10.32655/LTBA.17.1.13 1 17 179 180 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1994 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arts and Humanities Benedict, Paul K. Garo and rGyarong (Suomo) prosodies |
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| title_short | Garo and rGyarong (Suomo) prosodies |
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