Author

Panchanit Banditkul

Title

Tones in monosyllabic and disyllabic words in the Central Thai dialect of Prachuap Khiri Khan / Panchanit Banditkul

Date

1992

Location

CL thesis

Source

262 leaves

Abstract

This thesis deals with tones in Central Thai spoken at Amphoe Hua Hin, Amphoe Pran Buri, Amphoe Kui Buri, Amphoe Muang and Amphoe Thapsakae in Prachuap khiri Khan province. The aim is to compare both the tone system and the phonetic characteristics of tones in monosyllabic and disyllabic words among there five Amphoes. One informant from each Amphoe was interviewed. A wordlist consisting of 278 monosyllabic and disyllabic wrods was prepared for the interview. the recorded data were analysed by the DSP sona-Graph workstation Model 5500. The result shows that in each Amphoe the tone system on monosyllabic words is the sam as that on the last syllables of disyllabic words, and the tone system on these two types of syllables--which are stressed--differ from that on the first syllables of disyllabic words--which are unstressed. There are fewer tones on the unstressed syllables than on the stressed syllables in Amphoe Kui buri, Amphoe Muang and Amphoe Thap Sakae. The tone systems of the two types of syllables are the same in Amphoe Hua Hin and Amphoe Pran Buri. The phonetic characteristics of tones in monsyllabic words are similar to those in the last syllables of disyllabic words, while those on the first syllables are usually level or become less dynamic in shape. From the point of view of grogrphical variation, it is found that each Amphoe differs from all the others, especially when taking the tones on unstressed syllables into account

ในแง่ของการแปรตามพื้นที่พบว่าแต่ละอำเภอมีสัทลักษณะแตกต่างไปจากอำเภออื่น ๆ โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งเมื่อนำพยางค์ที่ไม่ลงเสียงหนักเข้ามาพิจารณาด้วย

Note

Typescript (photocopy)

Thesis (M.A.)--Chulalongkorn University, 1992

Subject(s)

Tones

Monosyllabic and distllabic words

Central Thai

Prachuap Khiri Khan

Alt author

ปัณย์ชนิต บัณฑิตกุล

Kalaya Tingsabadh, advisor

Chulalongkorn University. Linguistics

ISBN

9745829331