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