Phonation Types in Amerindian Languages [microform] / Melissa A. Epstein and Peter Ladefoged.

This paper lays out techniques for investing different types of phonation from acoustic data. Nearly all the world's languages distinguish between voiced and voiceless phonation. Many languages use other phonation types, such as the breathy voice--also described as speaking while sighing. Anoth...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Epstein, Melissa A.
Corporate Author:	Alaska Native Language Center
Other Authors:	Ladefoged, Peter
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2001.
Subjects:	Acoustic Phonetics. Athapascan Languages. Distinctive Features (Language) Foreign Countries. Grammar. Intonation. Phonology. Pronunciation. Salish. Second Language Instruction. Second Language Learning. Speech Communication. Structural Analysis (Linguistics) Syntax. Uncommonly Taught Languages.