The Phonology of Tone: The Representation of Tonal Register (Linguistic Models, No 17)

The abuse of drugs and chemicals has become a problematic public health dilemma for the world's population and one that must be dealt with by parents, societies, clinicians, researchers, and even countries in the world. This book discusses the complex neurobiology that underlies drug addiction and reveals how these illicit chemicals disrupt central nervous system neurotransmission involving such neurotransmitters as serotonin, dopamine, and others. This manual reviews current understanding in drug interactions with neurotransmitter systems, neuroimmune signaling, current research on reward circuitry, and current medications used to treat drug addiction. It also discusses related topics such as drug addiction in females, co-morbid conditions, drug addiction in minority populations, prenatal drug exposure and others. The book covers new drugs of the 21st century and discusses such controversial topics as legalization of drug use. It also provides internet resources, treatment facilities by state, and parent support organizations. The importance of prevention of drug abuse is a key theme of the book. Introduction / Keith Snider And Harry Van Der Hulst -- Representation Of Downstep In Dschang Bamileke / Mary M. Clark -- Register Tones And Tonal Geometry / Larry M. Hyman -- In Defense Of A Metrical Theory Of Intonational Downstep / Rohert D. Ladd -- Spreading And Downstep: Prosodic Government In Tone Languages / Victor Manfredi -- Dschang And Ebrie As Akan-type Total Downstep Languages / John M. Stewart -- Tonal Register In East Asian Languages / Moira Yip. Edited By Harry Van Der Hulst, Keith Snider. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Table of Contents Affiliations Preface and Acknowledgments Issues in the Representation of Tonal Register Representation of Downstep in Dschang Bamileke Register Tones and Tonal Geometry In Defense of a Metrical Theory of Intonational Downstep Spreading and Downstep: Prosodie Government in Tone Languages Dschang and Ebrie as Akan-type Total Downstep Languages Tonal Register in East Asian Languages Index of Authors Index of Languages Index of Subjects Seven studies of the representation of tone in tonal languages such as Dschang Bamileke, Ebrie, and East Asian languages. In addition to analyzing specific languages, they discuss tonal geometry, a metrical theory of intonational downstep, prosodic government, and other topics. Annotation copyright Given that the majority of the world's languages is tonal, it is incumbent upon phonologists to strive towards the development of phonological theories which provide an adequate formal account of tonal phenomena.