The Phonological Representation of Suprasegmentals

Studies on African Languages Offered to John M. Stewart on his 60th Birthday
Herausgegeben:Bogers, Koen; Hulst, Harry van der; Mous, Marten

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Produktbeschreibung

Frontmatter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Tone -- Tonal Influence on Vocalic Quality -- Tone and Grammar in Akan. The Tone of Possessive Constructions in the Asante Dialect -- The Analysis of Falling Tones in Ghotu? -- The Autosegmental Representation of Tones in Akan: more Evidence for the Tone Mapping Rule with Reference to Baule -- The Tonal Phonology of Siya (a Central-Togo Language) and the Historical Significance of its Major Functions -- Tone in the CiRuri Present Continuous -- The Representation of Multiple Tone Heights -- Downglide, Floating Tones and Non-WH Questions in Ga and Dangme -- Contour Tones as Phonemic Primes in Grebo -- The Igbo Associative and Specific Constructions -- Vowel Harmony -- The Chameleonic Vowel in the Harmonizing Prefixes of Efik -- On Neutral Vowels -- Vowel Harmony in Tunen -- Segment Structure Rules -- The Evaluation of Segment Structure Conditions through the Explicit Statement of their Logical Implications -- A Note on Segment Inventories, Redundancy Conditions and A-Rules -- Miscellaneous -- Syllabification and Epenthesis in the Barra Dialect of Gaelic -- Phonetic Features -- The Development of Nasalized Vowels in the Teke Language Group (Bantu)

Produktdetails

• Publications in African Languages and Linguistics 4
• Verlag: De Gruyter / De Gruyter Mouton
• Reprint 2016
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9783110131093
• ISBN-10: 3110131099
• Artikelnr.: 27363140

Inhaltsangabe

Frontmatter
Preface and Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Tone
Tonal Influence on Vocalic Quality
Tone and Grammar in Akan. The Tone of Possessive Constructions in the Asante Dialect
The Analysis of Falling Tones in Ghotu?
The Autosegmental Representation of Tones in Akan: more Evidence for the Tone Mapping Rule with Reference to Baule
The Tonal Phonology of Siya (a Central
Togo Language) and the Historical Significance of its Major Functions
Tone in the CiRuri Present Continuous
The Representation of Multiple Tone Heights
Downglide, Floating Tones and Non
WH Questions in Ga and Dangme
Contour Tones as Phonemic Primes in Grebo
The Igbo Associative and Specific Constructions
Vowel Harmony
The Chameleonic Vowel in the Harmonizing Prefixes of Efik
On Neutral Vowels
Vowel Harmony in Tunen
Segment Structure Rules
The Evaluation of Segment Structure Conditions through the Explicit Statement of their Logical Implications
A Note on Segment Inventories, Redundancy Conditions and A
Rules
Miscellaneous
Syllabification and Epenthesis in the Barra Dialect of Gaelic
Phonetic Features
The Development of Nasalized Vowels in the Teke Language Group (Bantu)