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On Establishing Underlying Tonal Contrast
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Title: | On Establishing Underlying Tonal Contrast |
Authors: | Snider, Keith |
Date Issued: | Dec 2014 |
Publisher: | University of Hawai'i Press |
Citation: | Snider, Keith. 2014. On Establishing Underlying Tonal Contrast. Language Documentation & Conservation 8: 707—737 |
Abstract: | Phonological field work is largely about establishing contrast in comparable environments. The notion of phonological contrast, however, can be confusing, particularly in its application to tone analysis. Does it mean phonemic contrast in the structuralist sense, or does it mean underlying contrast in the generative sense? Many linguists, in publications otherwise written from a generative perspective, support underlying tonal contrasts with minimal pairs and other data that are based on structuralist criteria. This paper critiques how tonal contrast is often supported in the literature and demonstrates that many supposed minimal pairs are invalid from a generative perspective. It further demonstrates that because many morphemes in tone languages consist solely of floating tones, the potential for these cannot be ignored when establishing comparable phonological environments. *This paper is in the series How to Study a Tone Language, edited by Steven Bird and Larry Hyman |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24622 |
ISBN: | 978-0-9856211-2-4 |
Rights: | Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License |
Journal: | Language Documentation & Conservation |
Volume: | 8 |
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Volume 08 : Language Documentation & Conservation |
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