Re: Accent Terminology Question

Dirk wrote:

<<I think so. Your messages come to me in 8 point blue type, so it's hard to
read. In your system, is "1" low and "2" high? If so, the "1" on _le_ is
unusual; since the suffix already has tone, there's no need for a default "1"
to be inserted creating a universally dispreferred (even if parochially
tolerated) configuration.>>

(P.S.: It shouldn't come out blue anymore.   As for 8 pt. font...   I'm
sending it with 12, so I don't know how that's happening.)

Yes, 1 is low, 2 is high.   I was imagining a constraint whereby words have
to end with a low tone in certain circumstances.   Or something.   And so,
rather than losing it's underlying high tone and getting a low one, it gets a
contour tone (falling), pointing to the underlying high tone.

-David

"imDeziZejDekp2wilDez ZejDekkinel..."
"You can celebrate anything you want..."
               -John Lennon

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