Study of Phonetic Accents in the Mongolian Su’nid Dialect

experimental phonetics approach

Abstract

The Mongolian Su’nid dialect, which is my mother tongue, has no phonological opposition accent like other Mongolian dialects. So, Mongolian accent studies have not been done so far, and as an established theory "Mongolian accents always have strength in the first syllable of the word" has been said. However, there are many counterexamples in this theory. I could not be convinced of this theory, and I examined the Su’nid dialect by using the experimental phonetic method. It was possible to submit amendments to the conventional theory from the following three points: (1) the number of syllables, (2) the type of syllables, and (3) the syllable structure.

In addition, as a byproduct, by studying phonetics with non - differential characteristics, I argued that there are cases useful for the whole language study as well.