A Phonological Description of Standard Thai |
Common terms and phrases
Abramson alternation assimilation rule cara chán Chapter chiipphacoon chiiwa clusters compounds Consonant Copying consonantal contour tones CV syllable derived diphthongs double vowels examples falling tone following forms Gandour Gedney geminate glides glottal stop grave round High Low Grave high vowels initial kaan khaa khaaw King Ram language level tones lexical Linguistics loanwords low tone maak Metathesis mid tone morpheme Morpheme Structure Conditions Nasal Assimilation Pali Pali and Sanskrit phaawa pheme phon phonetic phonological description phonological rules pitch pity priest prom rising tone sankha Sanskrit sanweet sanyaa Section sequences single vowel sonant specified speech SqSC stress placement rules stylistic rules Sui language Syllable Deletion syllable structure thaan Thai Thai language tone in ST tone marks tone neutralization tone occurs underlying representation underlying segment Unmarked unstressed variants velar velar nasal VOC grave vocalic voice HIGH voiceless vowel reduction whereas words