The Effects of Duration and Sonority on Countour Tone Distribution: A Typological Survey and Formal Analysis
Jie Zhang · 2002
Acknowledgements 1. Background 2. The Phonetics of Contour Tones 3. Empirical Predictions of Different Approaches 4. The Role of Contrast-Specific Phonetics in Contour Tone Distribution: A Survey 5. The Role of Contrast-Specific Phonetics in Contour Tone Distribution: Instrumental Studies 6. Against Structure-Only alternatives 7. A Phonetically-Driven Optimality-Theoretic Approach 8. Case Studies 9. Conclusion