Intonation in Cantonese

This thesis develops a system for describing intonation in Cantonese, a language having six phonological tones employing both pitch and slope. It analyses the utterance intonation contour into major intonation units, intonation units and feet. It defines what criteria those units meet and how they r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flynn, Choi-Yeung-Chang
Published: SOAS, University of London 2001
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.758549