Tone terracing is a type of phonetic downdrift , where the high or mid tones , but not the low tone, shift downward in pitch ( downstep ) after certain other tones. The result is that a tone may be realized at a certain pitch over a short stretch of speech shifts downward, then continues at its new level and then shifts downward again until the end of the prosodic contour is reached, at which point the pitch resets . A graph of the change in pitch over time of a particular tone resembles a terrace .
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44-551: A 1963 Argentine film The Terrace, 1909 , a painting by Milly Childers Other uses [ edit ] Tone terracing in phonetics People with the name [ edit ] Given name [ edit ] Terrace Marshall Jr. (born 2000), American football player Terrace Martin (born 1978), American rap musician Surname [ edit ] Herbert S. Terrace (born 1936), American psychologist Michael Terrace (1925–2018), American dancer and choreographer See also [ edit ] East Terrace ,
66-551: A 1963 Argentine film The Terrace, 1909 , a painting by Milly Childers Other uses [ edit ] Tone terracing in phonetics People with the name [ edit ] Given name [ edit ] Terrace Marshall Jr. (born 2000), American football player Terrace Martin (born 1978), American rap musician Surname [ edit ] Herbert S. Terrace (born 1936), American psychologist Michael Terrace (1925–2018), American dancer and choreographer See also [ edit ] East Terrace ,
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132-629: A preceding high or mid tone. The result is that every instance of a mid or low tone shifts the upper end of the pitch range downward, until all pitches are reset at the end of the prosodic melody. Table 1. The phonetic terracing effect in Twi of a series of mid tones. (Twi constrains the first tone to be either high or low.) Table 2. The phonetic terracing effect in Twi of an alternating series of high and mid tones. Table 3. The phonetic terracing effect in Twi of an alternating series of high and low tones. From tables 2 and 3, it can be imagined that
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176-429: A private Christian Brothers school in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Terrace F. Club , a Princeton University eating club Terraces (Bahá'í) , garden terraces at the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel The Terrace, Barnes , a street in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, UK The Terrace, Wellington , a major street in Wellington, New Zealand The Terrace (Greensboro, North Carolina) ,
198-439: A single low tone is found between two high tones. In this case the low tone is raised from its base value, but the second high tone is still downstepped, and subsequent low tones return to the base pitch.) However, a phonetic downstep occurs between any two adjacent mid tones as well. In fact, a high tone is defined as any tone that is at the same pitch as a preceding high or mid tone; a mid tone will always be lower in pitch than
220-478: A somewhat more intricate system is found in the Twi language of Ghana . Twi has three phonemic tones: high, mid, and low. A word, and therefore a prosodic chunk of speech, may only start with a high tone or a low tone on its first syllable. As in many languages, a low tone starts out and remains at the bottom of the speaker's range. After a low tone, a subsequent high tone is downstepped. (A temporary exception occurs when
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286-628: Is not a single wall; they are terraced. Places [ edit ] Settlements [ edit ] Terrace, British Columbia , a community in Canada Terrace, Utah , a ghost town in the Great Salt Lake Desert, US Other places [ edit ] Mutual Street Arena , a defunct ice rink in Toronto, Canada, later a roller-skating rink called The Terrace St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace , or just Terrace,
308-434: Is not a single wall; they are terraced. Places [ edit ] Settlements [ edit ] Terrace, British Columbia , a community in Canada Terrace, Utah , a ghost town in the Great Salt Lake Desert, US Other places [ edit ] Mutual Street Arena , a defunct ice rink in Toronto, Canada, later a roller-skating rink called The Terrace St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace , or just Terrace,
330-460: The roof of a building, especially one accessible to the residents for various purposes Terrace, a sidewalk cafe Terrace (stadium) , standing spectator areas, especially in Europe and South America, or the sloping portion of the outfield in a baseball stadium, not necessarily for seating, but for practical or decorative purposes Terraced wall , a wall which is divided into sections, as in,
352-407: The roof of a building, especially one accessible to the residents for various purposes Terrace, a sidewalk cafe Terrace (stadium) , standing spectator areas, especially in Europe and South America, or the sloping portion of the outfield in a baseball stadium, not necessarily for seating, but for practical or decorative purposes Terraced wall , a wall which is divided into sections, as in,
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440-433: The pitch of the low tone remains more-or-less constant at the lower end of the speaker's vocal range, and the other tones shift downward, the difference in their pitches narrows, eventually obscuring the tones altogether. Pitch reset is then required if the tone system is to continue to function. Tone terracing is particularly common in the languages of West Africa , where typically only the low tone causes downstep. However,
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