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Recurring patterns in tone (chain) shift.

Cathryn Yang¹, Pittayawat Pittayaporn², James Kirby³

¹SIL International, 7500 W Camp Wisdom, Dallas, 75236, TX, USA.

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Diachronic tone shifts, both chain and non-chain, exhibit directional constraints. Recurring patterns in tone changes suggest phonetic grounding in speech production and perception.

Keywords:

chain shift constraints problem phonetic bias sound change tone

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Area of Science:

Linguistics
Phonetics
Historical Linguistics

Background:

Diachronic tone shifts are changes in tonal systems over time.
Chain shifts involve a series of related tone changes, while non-chain shifts are isolated changes.
Understanding directional constraints can illuminate the mechanisms driving language evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate directional constraints on diachronic tone chain shifts.
To determine the applicability of these constraints to non-chain shifts.
To identify recurring patterns in tone changes across diverse language families.

Main Methods:

Comparative analysis of 28 chain shift changes from 12 Sino-Tibetan, Kra-Dai, Austronesian, and Otomanguean languages.
Comparison with 118 non-chain shifts (including mergers) from 54 Asian tone languages.
Statistical analysis of frequency and patterns in tonal changes.

Main Results:

Significant overlap was found between chain shift changes and frequent non-chain shift changes.
Recurring patterns observed in both types of shifts include rightward tonal alignment and specific contour modifications.
Falling tones tend to become higher, and rising tones tend to become lower.

Conclusions:

Diachronic tone changes are not random but follow predictable, phonetically grounded patterns.
Articulatory and cognitive biases in speech production and perception likely constrain the direction of tone evolution.
These findings support a link between synchronic tone variation in connected speech and diachronic tone shifts.