Phonological reflexes of emphasis in Kwa languages of Côte D’Ivoire
This paper examines the phonological characteristics of expressions conveying emphasis, insistence, and contrast in some Kwa languages of Côte d’Ivoire. Our particular interest is to reveal how such phenomena are realized in tonal languages, and we thought it worthwhile to study more than one langua...
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| description | This paper examines the phonological characteristics of expressions conveying emphasis, insistence, and contrast in some Kwa languages of Côte d’Ivoire. Our particular interest is to reveal how such phenomena are realized in tonal languages, and we thought it worthwhile to study more than one language yet to confine the study to a closely related group. In this group a variety of phonological strategies are used to mark emphasis, including prosodic devices that have not been widely reported in the literature for Niger-Congo languages, and that may or may not differ from other language groups. Thus, our goal was to capture the various phonological means for expressing emphasis in the Kwa languages of Côte d`Ivoire. For that purpose, we surveyed emphasis marking in several Kwa languages, collecting both phonological reflexes of emphasis that go beyond the emphatic particles and raised intonations that are most frequently cited. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5b58a6ba74349998beee25f75d9e1c22022-12-22T03:46:38ZporUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRevista Linguística1808-835X2238-975X2022-10-0117116217510.31513/linguistica.2021.v17n1a5453324490Phonological reflexes of emphasis in Kwa languages of Côte D’IvoireWilliam Roanld Leben0Firmin Ahoua1Department of Linguistics, Stanford University. Stanford, USA.Unité des langues, littératures et civilisations (LLC), Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivory CoastThis paper examines the phonological characteristics of expressions conveying emphasis, insistence, and contrast in some Kwa languages of Côte d’Ivoire. Our particular interest is to reveal how such phenomena are realized in tonal languages, and we thought it worthwhile to study more than one language yet to confine the study to a closely related group. In this group a variety of phonological strategies are used to mark emphasis, including prosodic devices that have not been widely reported in the literature for Niger-Congo languages, and that may or may not differ from other language groups. Thus, our goal was to capture the various phonological means for expressing emphasis in the Kwa languages of Côte d`Ivoire. For that purpose, we surveyed emphasis marking in several Kwa languages, collecting both phonological reflexes of emphasis that go beyond the emphatic particles and raised intonations that are most frequently cited.https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/54533processos segmentais e tonaisnegação e partículas finaisideofonesnominalização de verbos e tipos de marcação de ênfaseelevação de registrodowndrift e upsweep. |
| spellingShingle | William Roanld Leben Firmin Ahoua Phonological reflexes of emphasis in Kwa languages of Côte D’Ivoire Revista Linguística processos segmentais e tonais negação e partículas finais ideofones nominalização de verbos e tipos de marcação de ênfase elevação de registro downdrift e upsweep. |
| title | Phonological reflexes of emphasis in Kwa languages of Côte D’Ivoire |
| title_full | Phonological reflexes of emphasis in Kwa languages of Côte D’Ivoire |
| title_fullStr | Phonological reflexes of emphasis in Kwa languages of Côte D’Ivoire |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phonological reflexes of emphasis in Kwa languages of Côte D’Ivoire |
| title_short | Phonological reflexes of emphasis in Kwa languages of Côte D’Ivoire |
| title_sort | phonological reflexes of emphasis in kwa languages of cote d ivoire |
| topic | processos segmentais e tonais negação e partículas finais ideofones nominalização de verbos e tipos de marcação de ênfase elevação de registro downdrift e upsweep. |
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