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Tone and intonation in Kammu
David House (KTH)
Jan-Olof Svantesson (Lund)
Contribution to:
Word Accents and Tones in Sentence PerspectiveA symposium in conjunction with the 60th birthday of Professor Gösta Bruce
Kammu in northern Laos
Eastern KammuNorthern Kammu
Western Kammu
Phongsali
Luang Namtha
Bôkaeo
Xainya-buri
Phrabang
Bôlikhamxai
Huaphan
Luang
Xiang Khwang
Viang Chan province
Viang Chan prefecture
Udomxai
E457
N123
E1
N4
E23
WE6
E Kammu N Kammu W Kammu
taaŋ táaŋ táaŋ ‘pack’
daaŋ tàaŋ thàaŋ ‘lizard’
thaaŋ tháaŋ tháaŋ ‘to clear’
raaŋ ráaŋ ráaŋ ‘tooth’
raaŋ ràaŋ ràaŋ ‘flower’
Words illustrating Kammu tonogenesis
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Production experiment200
175
150
125
TRK
LHHz
200
175
150
125
TRK
LHHz
Northern Kammuspeaker
Eastern Kammuspeaker
Average tone curves normalized for duration
Perception experiment
Number of 'eagle' responses Eastern Kammu listeners
0123456
1 2 3 4 5 F0
E467
E2
E3
Number of 'eagle' responses Northern Kammu listeners
0123456
1 2 3 4 5 F0
N2
N4
Intonation in Kammu
New Project: (Sift) Separating intonation from tone – Phrasing
– Focussing
– Questions
– Vocative chant
In elicited and spontaneous speech
Anastasia Karlsson Funding from The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
Theoretical issues
• Can we find evidence that the tonal and non-tonal dialects have the same underlying intonation system?
• If so, how do tones affect and constrain the intonation system?
Northern KammuSpeaker (tonal)
nàa màan pɨan cét píi
màan pɨan cét píi(pregnant for aboutseven years)` `
…bɨan cet pii …maan gəə gniʔ bɨan cet pii
Eastern KammuSpeaker (non-tonal)
cét píi
cét píi
Northern KammuSpeaker (tonal)
Eastern KammuSpeaker (non-tonal)
(seven years)
cet pii
cet pii
yòŋ kə"ə yɔ̀"h mə$h
yoŋ gəə yɔ̀h məho
(Father he went where?)
Northern KammuSpeaker (tonal)
Eastern KammuSpeaker (non-tonal)
yòŋ
yòŋ kə"ə yɔ̀"h mə$h
Northern KammuSpeaker (tonal)
Eastern KammuSpeaker (non-tonal)
yoŋ gəə yɔ̀h məho
(Father he went where?)
Selected references
Gandour, Jackson T., Eva Gårding & Kristina Lindell (1978). Tones in Northern Kammu: a perceptual investigation. Acta Orientalia 39. 181-189.
Gårding, Eva & Kristina Lindell (1977). Tones in Northern Kammu: a phonetic investigation. Acta Orientalia 38. 321-332.
House, David (1990). Tonal perception in speech. Lund: Lund University Press.
Svantesson, Jan-Olof (1983). Kammu phonology and morphology. Lund: Gleerup.
Svantesson, Jan-Olof (1989). Tonogenetic mechanisms in Northern Mon-Khmer. Phonetica 46. 60-79.
Svantesson, Jan-Olof & David House (2006). Tone production, tone perception and Kammu tonogenesis. Phonology 23. 309-333.
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