Dissertation Research: Consonantal Effects on Tone in Musey

摘要 穆塞语，喀麦隆北方和西南部的一种乍得语 chad，一个词的首辅音制约了可能的声调 一个词可能呈现的模式。 的性质 关系似乎是不同的情况下，音调 对辅音的依赖在世界其他地方得到了证实。 此外，声母和辅音之间的联系， 一个词的声调模式在穆西语中特别不清楚，因为 许多对比辅音的语音性质是它本身 晦涩难懂。 本论文将对语音系统进行分析 并探讨辅音类型之间的关系 基频和音 实地考察将是 在喀麦隆北方进行。学生将检查音调， 然后构建并记录一系列的材料， 声学、空气动力学和感知实验。 数据 收集的数据将在现场使用便携式语音分析仪进行分析。 仪器;补充分析将在 加州大学洛杉矶分校语音实验室也是。 这项研究将提供一个 全面分析了Musey音调系统，特别是 注意辅音对声调的影响。 语音 实验将确定语音特征的一个 模糊的辅音对比，并检查语音效果 这些辅音的基频 语音分析 将提供新的数据，导致重新考虑 语音效果和音位效果之间的相互依赖性 辅音的基频和声调及其含义 共时和历时关系的理论 辅音和声调之间的区别

ABSTRACT In Musey, a Chadic language of northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad, the initial consonant of a word constrains the possible tone patterns which a word may exhibit. The nature of this relationship appears to be different from cases of tonal dependence on consonants attested in other parts of the world. Furthermore, the connection between the initial consonant and the tone pattern of a word is especially unclear in Musey because the phonetic nature of many of the contrasting consonants is itself obscure. This dissertation project will analyze the tone system and investigate the relationships between consonant type fundamental frequency, and tone in Musey. Fieldwork will be conducted in Northern Cameroon. The student will examine tone in Musey and then construct and record the materials for a series of acoustic, aerodynamic, and perceptual experiments. The data collected will be analyzed in the field using portable phonetic instrumentation; supplementary analyses will be conducted at the UCLA Phonetic Laboratory as well. This study will provide a comprehensive analysis of the Musey tone system, with particular attention given to consonantal effects on tone. The phonetic experiments will determine the phonetic characteristics of an obscure consonantal contrast and examine the phonetic effects of these consonants on fundamental frequency. The phonetic analyses will provide new data leading to reconsideration of the interdependence between phonetic and phonological effects of consonants on fundamental frequency and tone and the implications for a theory of the synchronic and diachronic relationships between consonants and tone.