Relative and absolute in intonation analysis

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ID10262877
AutoresDavid Crystal (University of Reading, autor de correspondencia)
Año1971
Volumen1
Número1
Páginas17-28
Fecha de publicación1971-06-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the International Phonetic Association (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0025-1003 • E-ISSN: 1475-3502
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0025100300000050
OpenAlexW2094431648
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas13

Most intonation analysts would consider it a truism to insist that any model of the formal properties of a language's intonation system has to be relativistic in character. By this one would mean that the linguistic constants in the system are the contrasts between the features involved (pitch, loudness, or whatever) and not the values of the features themselves, as defined in any absolute, physical way. The point hardly needs quotation to support it, but it will be useful to refer to one person's formulation of the relativity claim as a reminder of how the position is typically presented. Abercrombie, for example, says (1967: 107)

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