Tone Systems, Pitch, and Intonation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22368696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Stanlaw (0000-0002-1185-4197, Illinois State University), Su Yin Khor (0000-0003-2207-9007, Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118786093.iela0385 |
| OpenAlex | W3098351464 |
| ISBN | 9781118786093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Differences in physical “pitch” (the perceptual response to different frequencies of sound) is a fundamental characteristic of all languages. This entry focuses on three important conceptual constructs, all dealing with sound contours: “tone languages,” “pitch‐accent languages,” and “intonation languages” (sometimes also called “tonal languages,” “accent languages,” and “stress languages”). Generally speaking, tone is usually regarded as a feature of the lexicon – words or morphemes, or syllables of words or morphemes – and functions to indicate lexical meaning. Intonation is thought to be a feature of phrases or sentences, and functions on the level of meaning in discourse
Lexical definition · Lexicon · Linguistics · Morpheme · Pitch accent · Prosody · Speech recognition · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Multisensory perception and integration · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |