Re: Phonemic volume
| From: | Nokta Kanto <red5_2@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 25, 2002, 2:14 |
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 02:34:52 +0100, Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:
>En réponse à Ian Maxwell <umlaut@...>:
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>> Hey, does anyone know of any languages that actually have phonemic
>> volume distinctions?
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>Any language with phonemic stress accent not accompanied with vowel
>reduction :)))) .
>
I've always perceived the syllable stress, at least in romance languages, as
a pitch change, where the higher pitch syllable is stressed, not as a
loudness change.
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