Tone and intonation in boro

Abstract

This dissertation evaluates the relationship between tonal and intonational pitch variations in connection with Boro a two tone language spoken in the north eastern part of India Results show that alignment of lexical tones in Boro follows a minimal disyllabic Prosodic Word PrWd domain Lexical tones surface right aligned within this domain adhering to the processes of tone shift tone spreading and tone deletion A detailed examination of pitch contours of sentences of various lengths and t