The transcription of tone in the IPA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2110334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Maddieson (0000-0002-0775-0555, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 28-32 |
| Publication date | 1990-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the International Phonetic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-1003 • E-ISSN: 1475-3502 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0025100300004242 |
| OpenAlex | W2041961896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Prior to the 1989 convention in Kiel the principal symbols for tones recommended by the IPA were a set of "horizontal and oblique accents" which were intended 'by their shapes and positions" to "give some indication of their musical values" (quotations are from Principles of the IPA 1949, p. 18.). Thus, level tones were to be indicated by horizontal bars, rising tones by marks that slope up from left to right, falling tones by marks that slope down from left to right, and so on. The height of a tone could be indicated by vertical position of these marks relative to the symbols for the segmental material concerned. The marks could be placed either "over or under the vowels, ... or at the beginnings of syllables". A possible set of transcriptions is illustrated in table 1
Acoustics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Musical · Musical tone · Oblique case · Physics · Pitch (Music · Tone (literature · Transcription (linguistics · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |