Article published in:
The Form of Structure, the Structure of Form: Essays in honor of Jean LowenstammEdited by Sabrina Bendjaballah, Noam Faust, Mohamed Lahrouchi and Nicola Lampitelli
[Language Faculty and Beyond 12] 2014
► pp. 103–122
Coda constraints on tone
Larry M. Hyman | University of California, Berkeley
In many languages tonal contrasts are restricted on closed syllables ending in a stop (CVT). Such “stopped” tones, which are found most widely in East and Southeast Asia, have been interpreted in three different ways in the literature: (i) a single system approach: the tone(s) on stopped syllables are a subset of the tones contrasting on “smooth” syllables, which end in a sonorant; (ii) a two-system approach: the tone(s) on stopped syllables form a separate tonal subsystem distinct from the tones on smooth syllables; (iii) an extrasystemic approach: in cases where only one tone is allowed on stopped syllables, CVT is interpreted as toneless, i.e. outside the tone system proper. Drawing on languages from the Kuki-Chin subbranch of Tibeto-Burman, I argue that wherever disambiguating evidence is available, the subset interpretation is the correct approach.
Published online: 17 December 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.12.09hym
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.12.09hym
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