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- Language Family: Kwa
- Topic #1: Tone
Automatic and Nonautomatic Downstep in Chumburung: an instrumental comparison
The present work reports on an instrumental study of tonal downstep in Chumburung, a Kwa language spoken in Ghana. Downstep is the lowering of the tonal register that sometimes occurs between otherwise identical tones. In particular, the study addresses the question of whether the degree of lowering that is attributable to automatic downstep (downstep triggered by an overt low tone) is the same as that which is attributable to nonautomatic downstep (downstep triggered by a floating low tone). The study concludes that the degree of lowering is the same in both cases.
Cet article rapporte les résultats d’une étude instrumentale de la faille tonale en chumburung, langue kwa parlée au Ghana. La faille tonale est l’abaissement du registre tonal qui a parfois lieu entre deux tons par ailleurs identiques. Plus précisément, l’étude répond à la question de savoir si le degré d’abaissement attribuable à la faille tonale automatique (la faille provoquée par un ton bas présent) est le même que celui provoqué par la faille tonale non automatique (la faille provoquée par un ton bas flottant). Selon cette étude, le degré d’abaissement est le même dans les deux cas.