Abstract
This paper presents the results of an acoustic investigation of lexical tone in the Dorik dialect of Lopit, an Eastern Nilotic language. Tonal phenomena in Nilotic languages are complex, and in many cases vastly underdescribed. In the limited descrip- tive work on Lopit, there is not yet a clear picture of the number of tones used for lexical contrasts, and the various grammatical functions of tone are only beginning to emerge. Acoustic results indicate that there are three distinct lexical tones: a High level tone, a Low level tone, and a Falling contour tone.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences |
| Editors | M Wolters, J Livingstone, B Beattie, R Smith, M MacMahon, J Stuart Smith |
| Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Publisher | International Phonetic Association |
| Pages | 5pp |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-85261-941-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Glasgow United Kingdom Duration: 1 Jan 2015 → … https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/icphs/icphs2015 |
Conference
| Conference | 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences |
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| Period | 1/01/15 → … |
| Other | August 10-14 2015 |
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