<em>The phonetics and phonology of tone in San Juan Tepeuxila Cuicatec</em>
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https://doi.org/10.24201/clecm.v4i2.72Keywords:
Cuicatec, Otomanguean, tones, phonetics, phonologyAbstract
In this article I present the first formal description of lexical tone contrasts in the Cuicatec language of San Juan Tepeuxila, Oaxaca. Using both qualitative and quantitative approaches to acoustic and phonological analysis, I propose a tone inventory at the syllable level. The work is based on recordings of isolated words –including many minimal pairs– that illustrate the oppositions of level and contour tones. Based on an instrumental analysis, I show significant differences that support the identification of four level tones, five contour tones (three rising and two falling) and three complex tones (two of them concave and one convex).
Original received: 2016/02/22
Review sent to author: 2016/05/24
Accepted: 2017/05/03
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