Re: question about creaky voice

Ah yes, good old Ladefoged. Luckily, I'm living near
my old University this summer, so I can easily hop
skip and jump over to the library for that. How I love
the 5th floor Languages/Linguistics section...it's
simply gigantic! Maybe I could stop by and see if
anyone's in the old Linguistics department too.
Anyways, yes, I suppose creaky voice developing in to
tones is the best I could hope for. Too bad tones
are...really really hard for me.

--- Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:

> Chris Bates wrote:
>
> > I may be wrong, but creaky vowels sound lower
> pitched to me, so I
> > suggest that you change them so that low tone
> becomes their
> > distinguishing feature. Then you have a tonal
> language.
> >
> That's kind-of what I suspect too-- assuming creaky
> voice involves greater
> tension in the muscles of the pharynx or larynx,
> there may be some tongue
> root retraction, which possibly could lower formants
> and/or pitch.  It's
> possible Elliott could find info in some of
> Ladefoged's writings.
>


		
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