Acoustic phonetic properties of p-words and g-words in Sora

Abstract

This paper presents the first analysis of the intonational properties of polysyllabic verbal forms in Sora, a mildly polysynthetic language belonging to the Munda language family of India. The data indicate the previous claims on Sora cannot be maintained, and the language in no sense reflects a Quantity Sensitive trochaic pattern of prominence assignment.