Tone features, tone perception, and peak alignment in Thai.
This paper investigates the relationship between the phonological features of tone and tone perception in Thai. Specifically, it tests the hypothesis (proposed by Morén & Zsiga, 2006) that the principle perceptual cues to the five-way tonal contrast in Thai are high and low pitch targets aligned to...
| Published in: | Language & Speech Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 343 - 384 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts tracings Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Sep2007
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