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TOBI: Bi-Tonal Pitch Accents (the exciting conclusion!)

TOBI: Bi-Tonal Pitch Accents (the exciting conclusion!). September 30, 2014. Languages!. Russian 2 Hindi/Urdu 2 Bulgarian Swiss German Gujarati Hindi Taiwanese Mandarin Persian Tajiki Ukrainian Yoruba. A Modest Agenda. First Course Project reports are due!

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TOBI: Bi-Tonal Pitch Accents (the exciting conclusion!)

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  1. TOBI: Bi-Tonal Pitch Accents(the exciting conclusion!) September 30, 2014

  2. Languages! Russian 2 Hindi/Urdu 2 Bulgarian Swiss German Gujarati Hindi Taiwanese Mandarin Persian Tajiki Ukrainian Yoruba

  3. A Modest Agenda • First Course Project reports are due! • Also: production exercises are due on Thursday. • Now let’s walk through the rest of the TOBI paradigm...

  4. TOBI, so far • Pitch Accents • H* and L* • Phrase Accents • H- and L- • Boundary Tones • H% and L% • Break Indices • 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 • Downstepping and Upstepping

  5. Bitonal Pitch Accents • In addition to H* and L*, there are three bitonal pitch accents. • Here are the first two: • L + H* • L* + H • The starred element denotes the tone which is associated with the stressed syllable. • L + H* = high peak on stressed syllable, preceded by a sharp rise in pitch. • L* + H = low pitch target on stressed syllable, followed by a sharp rise in pitch.

  6. H* vs. L + H* • Marianna won it. H* L + H* Note: informative vs. contrastive function

  7. L* vs. L* + H • Only a millionaire. L* + H L- H% H* • Marianna made the marmalade? L* L* H-H%

  8. L + H* vs. L* + H • There’s a lovely one in Bloomingdale’s. L* + H L + H*

  9. Filling the Gap • Another feature of phrase accents is that they fill in the gap between the nuclear accent and the boundary of the intermediate phrase. L* + H L- H% 1 0 1 1 4

  10. More Downstepping • Bitonal pitch accents can also undergo downstepping. L + H* L + !H* L + !H* L-L% 1 1 1 1 1 4

  11. H + !H* • The final pitch accent in the TOBI inventory is H+!H*. • This one often appears at the beginning of phrases.

  12. Pitch-Accents Round-up • There are five pitch accents: • H* • L* • L + H* • L* + H • H + !H* • The * attaches to stressed syllables. • The final pitch accent in an intonational phrase is the nuclear accent. • Generally perceived as more prominent.

  13. Practice Time… • Bi-Tonal pitch accent practice: • https://webdisk.ucalgary.ca/~swinters/public_html/ling441/TOBIlab4.html

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