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Book Chapter: Tone Languages
| Title | Tone Languages |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2020 |
| Citation | Tone Languages. In F. Nolan, K. McDougall & T. Hudson (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Forensic Phonetics. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Tone languages are languages that employ distinctive pitch patterns at the syllable level (lexical tones) for contrasting lexical or grammatical meaning. Most research on forensic speaker comparison focused on different varieties of English and a few European languages; tone languages, which constitute the majority of the world’s languages, have received much less attention. This chapter provides an overview on the characteristics of lexical tones and the limited empirical studies that examine their speaker-distinguishing properties such as surface tonal f0 contours, relativity in tone realization, and tonal duration. Methodological issues on the parameterization of lexical tone and the evaluation of its evidential strength will also be discussed. The chapter concludes with directions for future forensic speaker comparison research on tone languages. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/285123 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Chan, KWR | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-07T09:07:03Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-07T09:07:03Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Tone Languages. In F. Nolan, K. McDougall & T. Hudson (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Forensic Phonetics. | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/285123 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Tone languages are languages that employ distinctive pitch patterns at the syllable level (lexical tones) for contrasting lexical or grammatical meaning. Most research on forensic speaker comparison focused on different varieties of English and a few European languages; tone languages, which constitute the majority of the world’s languages, have received much less attention. This chapter provides an overview on the characteristics of lexical tones and the limited empirical studies that examine their speaker-distinguishing properties such as surface tonal f0 contours, relativity in tone realization, and tonal duration. Methodological issues on the parameterization of lexical tone and the evaluation of its evidential strength will also be discussed. The chapter concludes with directions for future forensic speaker comparison research on tone languages. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Handbook of Forensic Phonetics | - |
| dc.title | Tone Languages | - |
| dc.type | Book_Chapter | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Chan, KWR: rickykwc@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Chan, KWR=rp02417 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 312648 | - |