Re: Related languages (Re: A China-Sumer connection)

From: Comm (no_at_spam.com)
Date: 03/30/05 

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:50:33 GMT

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Comm wrote:
>>
>> "Lee Sau Dan" <danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote in message
>> news:874qeua9x3.fsf@informatik.uni-freiburg.de...
>> >>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>>
>> Peter> And if you hear equal stress on the two syllables of
>> Peter> "object(v.)," you don't even speak English anyway! Using
>> Peter> ordinary dictionary marking (with the stress mark following
>> Peter> the stressed syllable), the two words are \ob.ject'\ (v.)
>> Peter> and \ob'.ject\ (n.).
>>
>> > So, if someone says [@b55 dZEkt11] with the equal loudness on both
>> syllables, what would you perceive?
>>
>> Uh, lol, I'd perceive that they had their fingers on the wrong keys on
>> the
>> keyboard. 37829**^^**}}}}}>>>??.
>>
>> ma ma ma ma ma. What oh what does that mean?
>
> Depends. What language? How much phonetic information have you omitted?

All of it - it's being said in the same 100% completely flat monotone with
no emphasis. As said that way, what does it mean in Chinese? Remember,
100% flat, MONOtone, no emphasis in terms of loudness either. You can
stretch out the M or A sounds, like mmmma or maaaaa. But no loudness shift,
no tone shift. It works for English in any sentence, and yes, a long
running monologue included. In Chinese? Not possible.
> --
> Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net

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