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  • Language Family: Other Benue-Congo
  • Topic #1: Phonology
Low rise and high rise intonation in English and Ika Igbo: An acoustic anal Low rise and high rise intonation in English and Ika Igbo: An acoustic analysis

Monosyllabic, disyllabic and short utterances made in two rising intonation patterns in English and Ika – Low Rise and High Rise - were recorded from two male native speakers of Ika and one native speaker of English. These were analysed using the praat system. The analysis is two – fold. Firstly, there is the comparison of the curves of Ika utterances made in either of the rising tunes with those made in similar tunes in English. In addition, there is also the comparison of the curves of the individual intonation patterns within the same language. In other words, there is comparison between the Ika Low Rise and Ika High Rise on one hand, and the English Low Rise and English High Rise on the other.  Findings from the study show that the curves of the two tunes in Ika, a predominantly tone language, and English an intonation language, are generally similar. This confirms that Ika manifests intonation thus revealing that a tone language can, to a large degree, manifest features typically associated with intonation languages. However, the intra – language comparison reveals gross dissimilarities between the High Rise and the Low Rise patterns within the two languages. These dissimilarities are attributable to a significant difference in the manner of production of Low Rise and High Rise tunes.

            Dans cette étude, nous avons appliqué la méthode praat à une analyse comparative de courtes expressions monosyllabes et dissyllabes enregistrées en ika, chez deux locuteurs autochtones, et en anglais chez un locuteur anglais. Les enregistrements sonores analysés se situent aux deux niveaux intonatifs montants qui suivent : le bas ton élevé et le haut ton élevé.  L’étude comporte deux parties. La première partie porte sur une analyse comparative des courbes de niveaux d’intonation en ika et en anglais. Dans la deuxième partie, nous avons fait une comparaison des courbes de niveaux intonatifs dans chacune des deux langues. Autrement dit, nous avons comparé d’une part, le bas ton élevé et le haut ton élevé en ika, d’autre part, le bas ton élevé et le haut ton élevé en anglais. Les résultats obtenus dans cette étude révèlent qu’il existe des affinités intonatives entre l’ika, qui est essentiellement une langue de timbre masculin, et l’anglais, une langue d’intonation. Donc, la manifestation de l’intonation en ika confirme que, d’une manière générale, une langue de timbre masculin peut renfermer des traits caractéristiques d’une langue d’intonation. Cependant, la comparaison intralingue signale des divergences fondamentales entre le bas ton élevé et le haut ton élevé dans les deux langues. Ces divergences sont provoquées par les différentes méthodes de production des deux niveaux intonatifs étudiés.

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