10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TONELESS»
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toneless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Aspects of Tone and Voice in Phuthi
In all paradigms where the penult of a toneless stem is clearly not depressed (not
L), we would need to assume that the *Max-L (tc) constraint needs invoking (e.g.
participial present tense, phrase-medial (short) present indicative"). This, then ...
Simon Scurr Donnelly, 2007
Another phenomenon demonstrating the independence of tones and vowels is
the existence of underlyingly toneless vowels. This can be illustrated with data
from Margyi. There are two tones in Margyi, H and L, but there are three
underlying ...
Stems in Margi can be demonstrated to belong to one of four classes: (i) L, (ii) H, (
iii) LH, or (iv) toneless.13 From surface tonal patterns, bidirectionality of tone
spreading appears to be required because of the interaction of the four tone
classes ...
Diana B. Archangeli, Douglas George Pulleyblank, 1994
4
Word Prosodic Systems in the Languages of Europe
however, toneless stems followed by tonal desinences have, like the tonal stems,
become stressed on the penultimate syllable. This can be explained by assuming
a relatively modern rule that marks tonal desinences as extrametrical when ...
Harry van der Hulst, 1999
I will therefore accept Clark's claim that they are toneless. Now consider the forms
in (d). The affix has no perceptible tonal effect, since the surface forms for
toneless roots and L roots share no output tones at all, being HH and LL
respectively.
6
Image Sensors and Signal Processing for Digital Still Cameras
10.3.1.6 White Clipping/Lack of Color/Toneless Black White clipping, lack of color
, and toneless black areas are observed partly because the image sensor does
not have enough dynamic range and partly because the operating point of the ...
7
An Autosegmental Analysis of Venda Tonology
On the other hand, there would be no toneless TBU's anywhere else in noun
stems —i.e. the only place toneless vowels would be possible in a noun stem
would be as the first vowel of a prefixless stem. This is. indeed, a rather
inexplicable ...
8
The Linguistic Typology and Representation of African Languages
Now contrast the behavior of the 'toneless' roots above with that of M-toned roots.
As shown in (20) (cf. (16)), the M-toned root does not take on the grammatical
tones of the irrealis or negative, but remains M-toned. Note, however, that the
tone ...
9
Tone in Lexical Phonology
(55) amu L The first vowel — which is underlyingly toneless — assumes the tone
of the preceding syllable, but the second tone is always L. (56) a. HI falamu
dance! SG dance! PL b. wi wiamu run! SG run! PL On the face of it, this set of
tonal ...
Douglas Pulleyblank, 1986
10
The Derivational Residue in Phonological Optimality Theory
zarj 'insides' zaij Bénam 'Bonam's insides' mar; 'tail' marg sadé 'animal's tail'
gbara 'hard part' gbara kura 'arrow-head' In (8), toneless nouns are shown in the
associative construction in phrases using 'which'. Again, there is a surface ...
Ben Hermans, Marc van Oostendorp, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TONELESS»
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toneless is used in the context of the following news items.
It's a High Note for Pitch Perfect 2
Being a toneless wonder has never stung more than after seeing Pitch Perfect 2. How I wish I could hit a five-octave squee of delight for its a cappella musical ... «TheStranger.com, May 15»
Help? Can ANYONE Teach Me to Sing?
I took singing lessons with a teacher whose schtick was 'everyone can sing'. She was encouraging, but I still hated the sound of my thin, toneless voice wavering ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
Watch Hot Sugar's Glitchy, Gorgeous "Not Afraid to Die" Video
The haunting instrumental -- the rusty music-box intro, the soft, toneless noise interlude at 2:30 -- is from Hot Sugar's forthcoming album God's Hand, out Feb 24 ... «Papermag, Jan 15»
Edelstein on Night Moves: This Ecoterrorism Thriller Is a Cunning …
He holds forth in an angry but toneless voice about the “ticking time bomb of industrialization” and the arrogance of building golf courses all over the high desert, ... «Vulture, May 14»
Casa Del Jardin Offers Girls A Life After Prostitution
TIJUANA, Mexico — The 19-year-old woman has a baby face covered in heavy makeup. Her voice is hesitant and toneless as she discusses her experiences in ... «Fronteras: The Changing America Desk, Jan 14»
Review: Drop Electric's Waking Up to the Fire
The problem with Waking Up to the Fire is that Drop Electric's electro-pop sound grows repetitive quickly. Reznikov herself sounds bored and toneless on "Carl ... «DCist.com, Oct 13»
Paul Walker is Agent 47 in Hitman reboot
Yay, another actor who doesn't look the part for another video game movie that didn't need a reboot. Agent 47 is also known for his husky and toneless voice. «Nerd Reactor, Feb 13»
Bob Dylan careers from bard to worse
The voice that once was beguilingly “like sand and glue” has become a toneless rasp and the Pseuds' Corner tendency of his fanbase to claim him as one of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
Mitt Romney, World's Worst Lounge Singer
What's brilliant about "Firms" isn't so much the way it mails home the irony of Romney murdering "America the Beautiful" with his toneless, tuneless voice on the ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 12»
Review: Tribute to Fritz Kreisler at the Library of Congress
The almost toneless twittering of breathy piccolo, in imitation of the birds that pierce the quiet, punctuates the work structurally. Folksy or bluesy guitar and ... «Washington Post, Feb 12»