Onset-tone interaction in Mundabli

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ID22159395
AuthorsTianle Yang (0000-0003-0583-0831, University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Matthew Faytak (0000-0001-8188-4642, University at Buffalo, State University of New York)
Year2025
Volume10
Issue1
Pages5895
Publication date2025-04-09
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProceedings of the Linguistic Society of America (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2473-8689 • E-ISSN: 2473-8689
PublisherLinguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3765/plsa.v10i1.5895
OpenAlexW4409315110
LanguageEN
References cited6

This paper presents an acoustic study of Mundabli tones from original fieldwork data, specifically focusing on interactions of onset consonant type (voiceless obstruents, voiced obstruents, and sonorants) and f0 level and trajectory of tones. Our results reveal that voiceless obstruents condition an abrupt rise in f0 at vowel onset, while voiced obstruents and sonorants maintain similar, relatively steady f0 levels, providing evidence for an account of onset-f0 interaction in which only voiceless consonants condition f0 raising. In addition, we note that Mundabli's dense tonal inventory does not appear to constrain these interactions, as might be expected under accounts of speech production that relate within-category variation to the density of contrast in an inventory

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