Tones of Thai song varieties

Somsonge Burusphat

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Tones of Thai song varieties

Date

2012-07-01

Authors

Somsonge Burusphat

Publisher

Asia-Pacific Linguistics

Abstract

This paper is a survey of synchronic phonetic and phonological variations in tone systems of Thai Song or Tai Dam (Black Tai), a language of the southwestern branch of the Tai-Kadai language spoken in Thailand. It aims to study how the tone systems are regionally and socially varied