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Page 1: Intonation languages and tone languages In intonation languages such as English and Icelandic, tone is a property of the sentence. The same sentence can

Intonation languagesand tone languages

• In intonation languages such as English and Icelandic, tone is a property of the sentence. The same sentence can have different tones, and the same word can have different tones. The lexical meaning of the word does not change.

• In tone languages such as Beijing Chinese and Hausa, tone is a property of the lexical item: a change of tone means mispronunciation, or a new word with a new meaning.

Page 2: Intonation languages and tone languages In intonation languages such as English and Icelandic, tone is a property of the sentence. The same sentence can
Page 3: Intonation languages and tone languages In intonation languages such as English and Icelandic, tone is a property of the sentence. The same sentence can
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213 fÆntaña

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