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This study investigates the realization of toneme 1 vs. toneme 2 words in two East Norwegian dialects. Two speakers were recorded pronouncing a number of tonal minimal pairs both in a text and as isolated words. Listeners from different dialect regions then identified the words without the help of any context. Though generally high identification rates were found, the factors context, listener dialect and speaker identity appeared to have some impact on identification. Acoustic analysis showed clearly distinct f0 contours for toneme 1 vs. 2 words. Having similar shapes, the main difference between the two types of contours lie in syllable-internal timing, the toneme 2 contour occurring later than the toneme 1 contour.
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