tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post1699978020100576311..comments2023-10-25T02:16:28.192-06:00Comments on Ryan's linguistics blog: Still busyRyan Denzer-Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015316224715016479noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-54035509418628444232008-12-01T14:46:00.000-07:002008-12-01T14:46:00.000-07:00Internet-users are sometimes unpredictable. And th...Internet-users are sometimes unpredictable. And the most unpredictable about them is why they start discussing something and why they do not. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-21359571558655238702008-11-30T09:07:00.000-07:002008-11-30T09:07:00.000-07:00What is the practical effect of the answer to any ...What is the practical effect of the answer to any question? I was hoping to spark discussion of the possibility of overlap between different types of prosodic systems.Ryan Denzer-Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015316224715016479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-21420147282072774812008-11-30T03:21:00.000-07:002008-11-30T03:21:00.000-07:00Sorry for being rude. But what is the practical ef...Sorry for being rude. But what is the practical effect of the answer to this question?linguistpro.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01900065641398886904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-49741550745256792232008-11-18T08:49:00.000-07:002008-11-18T08:49:00.000-07:00I agree! I'm working on a paper on stress in Nava...I agree! I'm working on a paper on stress in Navajo, and on of the things I want to look at is a comparison of vowel length and pitch in "stressed" vs. "unstressed" syllables. While Navajo has phonemic vowel length and tone, I'm hoping to find differences by comparing short vowels to short vowels, high tones to high tones, etc.Ryan Denzer-Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015316224715016479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-86896127613546783552008-11-17T11:48:00.000-07:002008-11-17T11:48:00.000-07:00I know it's an old post, but maybe giving a tenuou...I know it's an old post, but maybe giving a tenuous answer will revive posts. <BR/><BR/>I see no reason that the two can't co-occur. The prosody could just be added to the tone, or it could have some rules that modify the tone patterns more than just increasing or decreasing.NWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626377419233860251noreply@blogger.com