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A Method Comparison Analysis Examining the Relationship between Linguistic Tone, Melodic Tune, and Sung Performances of Children's Songs in Chicahuaxtla Triqui: Findings and Implications for Documentary Linguistics and Indigenous Language Communities
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A. Raymond Elliott – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2020
Linguistic tones play an important role in expressing lexical and grammatical meaning in tone languages. A small change in the pitch of a word can result in an entirely different meaning. A logical question for those who document tone languages is whether or not singers preserve linguistic tone when singing and if so, to what degree? I begin by…
Descriptors: Language Research, Intonation, Music, Singing
The Deaf Way to New Dictionaries of Sign Languages: Recent Evidence of Monumental Research.
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Stokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1989
Briefly describes five dictionaries of the signed languages used in Australia, Mexico, Italy, New Zealand, and Thailand. (CB)
Descriptors: Deafness, Dictionaries, Foreign Countries, Language Research
High Pitch as a Mark of Respect in Lachixio Zapotec.
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Persons, Jan A. – 1997
Analysis of the speech of the people of Santa Maria Lachixio, a Zapotec town in Mexico shows they use a high voice to show respect toward others, and that variability in the height of pitch is unimportant. No other voice quality changes occur, such as laryngealization or breathiness. Kinship, age, and authority are important determiners of high…
Descriptors: American Indians, Foreign Countries, Interlanguage, Interpersonal Communication