| 英文摘要 |
Consonants and vowels are known to influence each other in many ways and in many languages. The consonant may influence the quality and pitch of the preceding as well the following vowel, and the vowel may similarly influence the consonant, through palatalization, rounding, etc. In this paper I shall limit myself to the relationship between the consonant and the fundamental frequency of the syllabic nucleus. It is generally known that in tonal languages, particularly in Asian languages, a consonant in the initial position of a syllable influences the tone of the syllable. This paper, then, is further limited to the relationship of the initial consonant and the tone. It is assumed that tones existed before the consonantal effect takes place. For this reason this is not a discussion of the developmental process whereby tones arise from a toneless stage. |
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