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J4mes_bond25 Posted 20 years ago
Linguistics Studies
High & Low pitch ???
I fancy knowing what exactly is this high & low pitch voice/accent within any individual accent. Is this similar to the "rhythm" or "stress" pattern ???
What accents around the world are considered to be having high and/or low pitch ???
What accents around the world are considered to be having high and/or low pitch ???
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We briefly discussed this in my linguistics class. I would say the most obvious "tonal" languages in the world are some of the south east asian ones, in particular Chinese (in very particular, the Cantonese dialect), and Korean, and Japanese. e.
- We briefly discussed this in my linguistics class.
- I would say the most obvious "tonal" languages in the world are some of the south east asian ones, in particular Chinese (in very particular, the Cantonese dialect), and Korean, and Japanese.
- e.
- from a high tone to a lowtone, or from low to high) will alter the meaning of the word entirely.
- I hope this answers your question.
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We briefly discussed this in my linguistics class. I would say the most obvious "tonal" languages in the world are some of the south east asian ones, in particular Chinese (in very particular, the Cantonese dialect), and Korean, and Japanese. The same words when spoken in a different tone range, or with a different tonal pattern (i.e. from a high tone to a lowtone, or from low to high) wil
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0 I just want to point out that japaneese and korean are not tonal languages(don't trust Wikipedia).Vietnamese,Lao and Thai have tones. 0-
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0 A language with a pitch accent is not the same as a tonal language. 02 br
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00 In a tonal language every syllable has a tone or pitch which does not depend on the tone or pitch of the other syllables surrounding it (though there may be influences). 02 br
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00 In a language with a pitch accent one syllable in a word is picked out and given a different tone
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00 In a tonal language every syllable has a tone or pitch which does not depend on the tone or pitch of the other syllables surrounding it (though there may be influences). 02 br
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00 In a language with a pitch accent one syllable in a word is picked out and given a different tone
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