The consonant types on the right end of the hierarchy exercise a greater tone-lowering effect, while those at the left end of the hierarchy excercise a smaller tone-lowering effect.
Keywords
tone, low, consonant
Domain
prosodic phonology
Type
implicational hierarchy
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
Southeast Asian languages from Thai-Kadai, Austronesian, Miao-Yao, Sino-Tibetan, and Austroasiatic families surveyed by Haudricourt 1961 and other sources studied by Greenberg 1970
1. By X > Y is meant that X always has a smaller tone-lowering effect, and by X Y that X never has a greater tone-lowering effect than Y. 2. Cf. Hyman & Schuh’s observation in #1676.
1. By X > Y is meant that X always has a smaller tone-lowering effect, and by X Y that X never has a greater tone-lowering effect than Y. 2. Cf. Hyman & Schuh’s observation in #1676.