Floating tones and contour tones in Kenyang

Tonal alternations in the Bantu language Kenyang appear on first consideration to be rather complicated but yield to analysis into a small number of rules, which reveal interesting properties of floating tones, contour tones, and the tone-bearing unit in the language. This study focuses on the follo...

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Main Author: David Odden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 1988-04-01
Series:Studies in African Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107467