An example is Bahasa Pasar (Bazaar Malay), a pidginized form of Malay,
which was spoken extensively by Chinese and other non Malays in
Malaysia and Singapore and used as a lingua franca.pied pipingn
see preposition stranding
pilot testingn
see pretesting
pitchn
when we listen to people speaking, we can hear some sounds or groups of
sounds in their speech to be relatively higher or lower than others. This
relative height of speech sounds as perceived by a listener is called “pitch”.
For example, in the Spanish question listo? (“ready”) meaning “Are you
ready?” the second syllable -towill be heard as having a higher pitch than
the first syllable. What we can hear as pitch is produced by the vocal
cords vibrating. The faster the vocal cords vibrate, the higher the pitch.
see alsosound waves, fundamental frequency
pitch contourn
another term forintonation contour
pitch leveln
the relative height of the pitchof a speaker’s voice, as this is perceived by
the listener.
For English, three pitch levels have often been recognized: normal pitch
level, higher than normal level, lower than normal level.
These three levels cannot be identified in absolute terms. One person’s high
pitch will not be the same as another person’s high pitch. Differences in
pitch level are therefore relative (see key^2 ).
see also tone unit
pitch movementn
another term for tone^2
pitch patternn
another term for intonation contour
pitch range^1 n
variations in pitchheight that an individual speaker is able to pro-
duce. Differences in the pitch of individual speakers are related to
pitch range