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From: wwen@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Wilson X. Wen)
Subject: Re: Intonation discrimination
Message-ID: <1993Jul12.041522.19745@trl.oz.au>
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 04:15:22 GMT
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From article <1993Jul11.235758.13166@ucc.su.OZ.AU>, by andrewh@mimic.ee.su.oz.au (Andrew Hunt):
> 
> There is also a theoretical framework of intonational analysis developed
> by M. Halliday which uses the term "tone" to describe phrase level intonation
> patterns.  For example, tone 1 is a falling tone over a word or series of
> words.  The system consists of 5 primary tones, secondary tones and more, 
> so it seems that Wilson is using the correct terminology within that theory.
> 
> There has not been as much done on recognising Halliday's tones as has been
> done for recognising pitch accents or segmental tones (like in Mandarin).
> However, one advantage of Halliday's system is that is integrated into a
> more sophisticated "high-level" model than I have seen for pitch accents.
> I don't have my reference list with me so I can't post specific references.
> 

I do have some references about Halliday's 5-tone system but they are too
old (63,84-86 by Halliday, Lindsay, and Ainsworth, et.al.). What I would
like to find out is whether there is any further development along this
line recently.

Thanks again for anyone who can help.

Wilson Wen

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