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International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages
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International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages
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Prosodic typology has generally concentrated on those aspects of prosodic representation which are assumed to be represented in the lexicon. It is argued here that non-lexical representation at various levels, underlying phonological, surface phonological and phonetic, can also constitute a basis for prosodic typology. An example is given of a low-level comparison of English and French pitch patterns. A prosodic model integrating these different levels is presented which, it argued can provide a useful tool for the investigation of prosodic typology and for a more robust basis for establishing the more abstract levels including those of lexical representations.
Bibliographic reference. Hirst, Daniel (2004): "Lexical and non-lexical tone and prosodic typology", In TAL-2004, 81-88.