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SUMMARY:Asymmetries in the intonation system of the Maastricht dialect of 
 Limburgian - Prof Carlos Gussenhoven (Radboud University\, Nijmegen)
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CONTACT:Catherine Davies
DESCRIPTION:Asymmetries in the intonation system of the Maastricht dialect
  of Limburgian\n\nThe dialect of Maastricht has a binary tone contrast (Ac
 cent 1 vs Accent 2) and four intonation contours. However\, the full set o
 f four is only observable in a nuclear syllable with Accent 1 which is ant
 epenultimate or earlier in the intonational phrase. In penultimate positio
 n\, three intonation contours occur\, and in final position two. For Accen
 t 2\, the count is three in penultimate position or earlier\, and two in f
 inal position. Only two of the three intonation contours that occur in pen
 ultimate position for each of the two tone classes are the same\, the thir
 d being a different one for each tone class from the remaining two intonat
 ion contours in the set of four. Strikingly\, a falling contour is an inte
 rrogative contour for Accent 1 on non-final nuclear syllables\, but a decl
 arative contour on final nuclear syllables.\nIt will be argued these asymm
 etries are explained by the assumptions that (a) underlyingly the language
  has the bitonal pitch accents L*H and H*L\, (b) it has an optional right-
 hand boundary tone Hi or Li\, creating three boundary conditions\, (c) the
  lexical tone contrast is privative\, Accent 2 being a H-tone and Accent 1
  nothing\, (d) the language enforces the OCP\, and (e) it enforces a limit
 ation of two tones per syllable unless this would imply the deletion of a 
 pitch accent\, a lexical tone or a boundary tone. This grammar predicts al
 l the gaps and all existing forms\, with one exception: a predicted fallin
 g-rising contour on a penultimate nucleus with Accent 1 is unattested. It 
 is argued that this form is in fact grammatical\, but is avoided in order 
 not to jeopardize the contrast between the two lexical tone classes for th
 e intonation contour concerned.	
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