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Occasional tone, was: Pitch and tense

From:Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...>
Date:Saturday, June 26, 1999, 19:33
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Joshua Shinavier wrote:

>=20 > 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 :=
-)
>=20 > Josh >=20
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