Re: Accent-related question
From: Bart Mathias (mathias_at_hawaii.edu)
Date: 06/19/04
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Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:45:56 GMT
muchan wrote:
> Bart Mathias wrote:
>
>...
>>My guess about the $B$"$"$$$&(B question is that people wouldn't notice, if
>>what I understood was reported as a change isn't 100% yet, while if
>>everyone normally says it [HHHH], then [LHHH] might sound like clarity
>>for emphasis. If I had sound working on this computer, I'd try it out
>>on muchan.
> Are you trying to say HHHH is the normal pronounciation of majority of people
> and only few people is saying LHHH? I doubt it. I didn't get what you wanted
> to say in your previous post. About $B$"$"$$$&(B as HHHH and LHHH, what I can say
> is:
> 1) ...
It's a pretty complex question, and I'm now looking forward to getting
some sound-analyzing programs on my computer, if I ever get the thing
working right.
One thing that could be a little misleading is the fact that normally,
with no special intonation, when you have more than one H in succession,
each one is slightly lower in pitch than the preceding one. As a
musician, I'm sure you're aware of that.
People who claim that initial long unaccented syllables begin on a
higher pitch than short ones don't mean that the first H of HHHH would
be higher than the second. If they did, I wouldn't believe the claim
either.
What they mean is that the rise in pitch between the $B$=(B and the $B$s(B of $B$=(B
$B$s$J(B is not as great as that between the $B$=(B and the $B$N(B of $B$=$NL>(B.
Bart
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