Babanki verb tone
In Babanki, a Grassfields Bantu language of northwestern Cameroon, several tonal patterns can be found on a single verb root depending on the construction in which the verb is used. An underlying high tone may surface normally as high, but unexpectedly as low, or high-falling; while underlying low t...
Main Author: | Pius W. Akumbu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
2015-06-01
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Series: | Studies in African Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107263 |
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