15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS-15)Barcelona, Spain |
In this paper I show that there are two types of time-dependent downtrend
in Tokyo Japanese. One of them is a global declination which unfolds
across a wider domain, possibly an Intonational Phrase or an Utterance.
The other is a "tone-bound" declination, which is a new finding
in the intonational studies. I propose in my downtrend model that
the tone-bound declination lasts until the tonal value of each tone
is achieved and it is reset immediately after that achievement.
Bibliographic reference. Sugahara, Mariko (2003): "The tone-bound declination slope: evidence from Japanese", In ICPhS-15, 2613-2616.