Geman
GEN | Southeastern Tibet | Entry created by David Mortensen | UC Berkeley
Representation of Tones:
- 4 underlying tones: /H/ (/55/),
/HM/ (/53/),
/MH/ (/35/),
/0/ (/31/) - 5 surface tones: [H] ([55]),
[M] ([33]),
[HM] ([53]),
[MH] ([35]),
[L] ([31]) - Tone bearing unit: syllable
- Underlying underspecification: Prefixes are probably not specifed for tone and surface as [L].
Tonal Rules and Alternations:
Spreading:
Mid Tone Anticipation: The mid tone of a rise is anticipated on the final mora of the preceding syllable, thus H+MH -> HM.MH and MH+MH -> M.MH
added 2004-10-25 21:18:30 | edited 2005-08-26 12:06:37
Contour Simplification:
Plateauing: A HM becomes H before a H or HM, thus HM+H -> H.H and HM+HM -> H.HM
added 2004-10-25 21:13:52 | edited 2004-10-26 10:18:54
Tonal Domains:
Postlexical Domains:
Plateauing and Low Tone Anticipation appear to operate at the utterance level.
added 2004-10-25 21:23:10 | edited 2004-10-25 21:23:10
Tone Interactions:
Other Notes:
Bibliography:
格曼语研究 [research on the Geman language] by Li Daqin - 2002
document type: book
publisher: Minzu Chubanshe
address: Beijing
document type: book
publisher: Minzu Chubanshe
address: Beijing
added 2004-10-25 21:10:20 | edited 2004-10-25 21:10:20
Cite this page as:
XTone Database Article on Geman. Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=111
XTone Database Article on Geman. Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=111
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