Problems of Analyzing Consonant-tone Interaction in Thai: A Reply to Ruangjaroon

The interaction between the distribution of tones and syllable types in Thai has been found to be interesting. The absence of the rising contour tone on CVO and CVVO supports the argument that syllables with shorter phonetic duration are bad licensers for the rising contour tone (Zhang 2002). The di...

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Main Author: Tsung-Ying Chen
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Language:English
Published: Crane Publishing Co 2007-12-01
Series:Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
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Online Access:http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume5-2/5.2-3Chen.pdf
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description The interaction between the distribution of tones and syllable types in Thai has been found to be interesting. The absence of the rising contour tone on CVO and CVVO supports the argument that syllables with shorter phonetic duration are bad licensers for the rising contour tone (Zhang 2002). The distributional gaps on CVO and CVVO are also found to be correlated with syllable-final glottalization (Moren & Zsiga 2006). Furthermore, Ruangjaroon (2006) argues that there is the consonant-tone interaction in Thai and analyzes it under the framework of OT. However, I will indicate both theoretical and analytical problems faced by analyses in Ruangjaroon (2006) in this paper.
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spelling doaj-art-73dfe4b7eb9f493c95c58f00e8874dd02025-08-20T02:09:38ZengCrane Publishing CoTaiwan Journal of Linguistics1729-46492007-12-01526584Problems of Analyzing Consonant-tone Interaction in Thai: A Reply to RuangjaroonTsung-Ying ChenThe interaction between the distribution of tones and syllable types in Thai has been found to be interesting. The absence of the rising contour tone on CVO and CVVO supports the argument that syllables with shorter phonetic duration are bad licensers for the rising contour tone (Zhang 2002). The distributional gaps on CVO and CVVO are also found to be correlated with syllable-final glottalization (Moren & Zsiga 2006). Furthermore, Ruangjaroon (2006) argues that there is the consonant-tone interaction in Thai and analyzes it under the framework of OT. However, I will indicate both theoretical and analytical problems faced by analyses in Ruangjaroon (2006) in this paper.http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume5-2/5.2-3Chen.pdfStandard Thaitonephonological distributionOptimality Theory
spellingShingle Tsung-Ying Chen
Problems of Analyzing Consonant-tone Interaction in Thai: A Reply to Ruangjaroon
Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
Standard Thai
tone
phonological distribution
Optimality Theory
title Problems of Analyzing Consonant-tone Interaction in Thai: A Reply to Ruangjaroon
title_full Problems of Analyzing Consonant-tone Interaction in Thai: A Reply to Ruangjaroon
title_fullStr Problems of Analyzing Consonant-tone Interaction in Thai: A Reply to Ruangjaroon
title_full_unstemmed Problems of Analyzing Consonant-tone Interaction in Thai: A Reply to Ruangjaroon
title_short Problems of Analyzing Consonant-tone Interaction in Thai: A Reply to Ruangjaroon
title_sort problems of analyzing consonant tone interaction in thai a reply to ruangjaroon
topic Standard Thai
tone
phonological distribution
Optimality Theory
url http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume5-2/5.2-3Chen.pdf
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