Occasional tone, was: Pitch and tense

On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Joshua Shinavier wrote:

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> Ah, but Aroven likes to do that, too.  Like ending a song on a leading ch=
ord;
> it gives you the impression that the speaker has more to say but has just
> stopped for a quick breather, thus keeping the listener alert and awake :=
-)
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> Josh
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When going through my recordings of Denden I noticed that in some words
the high vowels (/i/ and /=FC/) are often but not consequently pronounced
long and very high, but I've not been able to find a minimal pair, so it
can't be a really distinctive feature, and it's not enough to say that
Denden has tone - but it should be described, and I am wondering how
to do it. Has anyone a good suggestion?


Boudewijn Rempt  | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt