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Contour segments
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Skeletal tier All segments are associated to C or V on CV tier
X can replace both C and V
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Skeletal tier True geminate ‘città’ False geminate ‘white teeth’
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Skeletal tier What sound sequences are single units?
[ts] as two units ’cats’ [ts] as single unit ‘tsunami’
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What is CV representation (X) of ‘child’?
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What is CV representation (X) of ‘child’?
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Does Spanish have ‘real’ long vowels?
[eskriße] ‘he writes’ [re:skriße] ‘he rewrites’
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Does Spanish have ‘real’ long vowels?
[eskriße] ‘he writes’ [re:skriße] ‘he rewrites’ [aɵa:r] ’orange blossom’ [mo:] ‘mildew’ [le] ‘to him’ [le:] ‘he reads’ [alco:l] ‘alcohol [kre:] ‘he believes’
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What is X representation?
[re:skriße] ‘he rewrites’ [aɵa:r] ’orange blossom’
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What is X representation?
[re:skriße] ‘he rewrites’ [aɵa:r] ’orange blossom’
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Gabri de Darbe What keeps you from assuming maximal CVC?
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Gabri de Darbe What keeps you from assuming maximal CVC?
Existence of [mb, nd, ŋg, ʤ]
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Gabri de Darbe New info: [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial but [ʤ] is
What does this suggest about [ʤ]?
![Gabri de Darbe New info: [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial but [ʤ] is](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/13/Gabri+de+Darbe+New+info%3A+%5Bmb%2C+nd%2C+%C5%8Bg%5D+never+word+initial+but+%5B%CA%A4%5D+is.jpg "What does this suggest about [ʤ]")
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Gabri de Darbe New info: [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial but [ʤ] is
What does this suggest about [ʤ]? It is single unit (one X associated to two phones)
![Gabri de Darbe New info: [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial but [ʤ] is](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/14/Gabri+de+Darbe+New+info%3A+%5Bmb%2C+nd%2C+%C5%8Bg%5D+never+word+initial+but+%5B%CA%A4%5D+is.jpg "What does this suggest about [ʤ] It is single unit (one X associated to two phones)")
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Gabri de Darbe [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial so . . .
![Gabri de Darbe [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial so . . .](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/15/Gabri+de+Darbe+%5Bmb%2C+nd%2C+%C5%8Bg%5D+never+word+initial+so+.+.+..jpg "Gabri de Darbe [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial so . . .")
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Gabri de Darbe [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial so . . .
They are two phones associated to two Xs
![Gabri de Darbe [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial so . . .](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/16/Gabri+de+Darbe+%5Bmb%2C+nd%2C+%C5%8Bg%5D+never+word+initial+so+.+.+..jpg "They are two phones associated to two Xs.")
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Gabri de Darbe [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial so . . .
They are two phones associated to two Xs So what is maximal syllable?
![Gabri de Darbe [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial so . . .](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/17/Gabri+de+Darbe+%5Bmb%2C+nd%2C+%C5%8Bg%5D+never+word+initial+so+.+.+..jpg "They are two phones associated to two Xs. So what is maximal syllable")
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Gabri de Darbe [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial so . . .
They are two phones associated to two Xs So what is maximal syllable? CVN
![Gabri de Darbe [mb, nd, ŋg] never word initial so . . .](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/18/Gabri+de+Darbe+%5Bmb%2C+nd%2C+%C5%8Bg%5D+never+word+initial+so+.+.+..jpg "They are two phones associated to two Xs. So what is maximal syllable CVN.")
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Gabri de Darbe If [ndalo] existed then . . .
[nd] would be [nd] associated to one X
![Gabri de Darbe If [ndalo] existed then . . .](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/19/Gabri+de+Darbe+If+%5Bndalo%5D+existed+then+.+.+..jpg "[nd] would be [nd] associated to one X.")
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Gabri de Darbe What would X representation be of [ʤuŋgo]?
![Gabri de Darbe What would X representation be of [ʤuŋgo]](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/20/Gabri+de+Darbe+What+would+X+representation+be+of+%5B%CA%A4u%C5%8Bgo%5D.jpg "Gabri de Darbe What would X representation be of [ʤuŋgo]")
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Gabri de Darbe What would X representation be of [ʤuŋgo]?
![Gabri de Darbe What would X representation be of [ʤuŋgo]](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/21/Gabri+de+Darbe+What+would+X+representation+be+of+%5B%CA%A4u%C5%8Bgo%5D.jpg "Gabri de Darbe What would X representation be of [ʤuŋgo]")
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Pitch The frequency a sound, word, sentence is produced at
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Pitch The frequency a sound, word, sentence is produced at
Languages use pitch for different purposes
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Stress A syllable gets more prominence than another
I’m going to recórd this récord Lollapalóoza’s in Tuscalóosa
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Stress A syllable gets more prominence than another
I’m going to recórd this récord Lollapalóoza’s in Tuscalóosa Among other things stressed syllables have higher pitch
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Stress [depósito deposíto depositó]
![Stress [depósito deposíto depositó]](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/26/Stress+%5Bdep%C3%B3sito+depos%C3%ADto+deposit%C3%B3%5D.jpg "Stress [depósito deposíto depositó]")
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Stress [depósito deposíto depositó]
Why are there gaps in pitch contour?
![Stress [depósito deposíto depositó]](http://slideplayer.com./slide/14352027/89/images/27/Stress+%5Bdep%C3%B3sito+depos%C3%ADto+deposit%C3%B3%5D.jpg "Why are there gaps in pitch contour")
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Tone Pitch differences change meaning of word.
All syllables have a tone
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Tone in Thai Thai has 5 tones
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Tone Many languages are tonal (white is no tone)
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Intonation Using tone across spans of many words
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Intonation Using tone across spans of many words
It does not change basic meaning of sentence, but nuance of meaning
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Intonation
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Pitch Pitch varies according to gender, age Male 85-155 Hz
Female Hz Child Hz
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Pitch Pitch varies according to gender, age Male 85-155 Hz
Female Hz Child Over 1000 Hz when screaming
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Example Dr. E’s voice.
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Example Dr. E’ sister’s voice
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