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Tone and intonation in Kammu

Explore the intricacies of tone and intonation in Kammu dialects through a symposium highlighting tonogenesis, tonal production, and perception experiments. Investigate how tones impact underlying intonation systems.

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Tone and intonation in Kammu

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  1. Tone and intonation in Kammu David House (KTH) Jan-Olof Svantesson (Lund) Contribution to: Word Accents and Tones in Sentence Perspective A symposium in conjunction with the 60th birthday of Professor Gösta Bruce

  2. Kammu in northern Laos

  3. Words illustrating Kammu tonogenesis E Kammu N Kammu W Kammu taaŋ táaŋ táaŋ ‘pack’ daaŋ tàaŋ thàaŋ ‘lizard’ thaaŋ tháaŋ tháaŋ ‘to clear’ raaŋ ráaŋ ráaŋ ‘tooth’ raaŋ ràaŋ ràaŋ ‘flower’ o

  4. Northern Kammu ….. táaŋ ___ tàaŋ Eastern Kammu ….. taaŋ ___ daaŋ

  5. Production experiment Northern Kammu speaker Eastern Kammu speaker Average tone curves normalized for duration

  6. Perception experiment

  7. Intonation in Kammu New Project: (Sift) Separating intonation from tone • Phrasing • Focussing • Questions • Vocative chant In elicited and spontaneous speech Anastasia Karlsson Funding from The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation

  8. Theoretical issues • Can we find evidence that the tonal and non-tonal dialects have the same underlying intonation system? • If so, how do tones affect and constrain the intonation system?

  9. Northern Kammu Speaker (tonal) (pregnant for about seven years) ` ` nàa màan pɨan cét píi màan pɨan cét píi Eastern Kammu Speaker (non-tonal) …bɨan cet pii …maan gəə gniʔ bɨan cet pii

  10. Northern Kammu Speaker (tonal) cét píi cét píi (seven years) Eastern Kammu Speaker (non-tonal) cet pii cet pii

  11. Northern Kammu Speaker (tonal) yòŋ kə̀ə yɔ̀h mə́h (Father he went where?) Eastern Kammu Speaker (non-tonal) yoŋ gəə yɔh məh o

  12. Northern Kammu Speaker (tonal) yòŋ kə̀ə yɔ̀h mə́h (Father he went where?) yòŋ Eastern Kammu Speaker (non-tonal) yoŋ gəə yɔh məh o

  13. Selected references Gandour, Jackson T., Eva Gårding & Kristina Lindell (1978). Tones in Northern Kammu: a perceptual investigation. Acta Orientalia39. 181-189. Gårding, Eva & Kristina Lindell (1977). Tones in Northern Kammu: a phonetic investigation. Acta Orientalia38. 321-332. House, David (1990). Tonal perception in speech. Lund: Lund University Press. Svantesson, Jan-Olof (1983). Kammu phonology and morphology. Lund: Gleerup. Svantesson, Jan-Olof (1989). Tonogenetic mechanisms in Northern Mon-Khmer. Phonetica46. 60-79. Svantesson, Jan-Olof & David House (2006). Tone production, tone perception and Kammu tonogenesis. Phonology23. 309-333.

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