Field Notes on Kono, a Southwestern Mande Lect of Forest Guinea
Kono (knu) is a Southwestern Mande lect of the Republic of Guinea, not to be confused with Kono of Sierra Leone (kno, Kono-Vai group). It is a member of the Kpelle macro-language together with Guinean Kpelle (gkp) and Liberian Kpelle (xpe). This paper is a brief description of Kono based on the auth...
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Mandenkan, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire
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| description | Kono (knu) is a Southwestern Mande lect of the Republic of Guinea, not to be confused with Kono of Sierra Leone (kno, Kono-Vai group). It is a member of the Kpelle macro-language together with Guinean Kpelle (gkp) and Liberian Kpelle (xpe). This paper is a brief description of Kono based on the author’s field notes collected in the Republic of Guinea in 2009 and 2014. I discuss segmental and tonal phonology of Kono as well as its basic morphology and grammatical constructions. 100‑word Swadesh lists for Kono, Guinean and Liberian Kpelle are also provided. As I demonstrate in this sketch, Kono is lexically and grammatically distinct enough to be considered a separate language. Some phonological and grammatical phenomena in Kono, e.g. consonant harmony, first vowel elision in CVLV structures and obligatory pronominal doubling of definite noun phrases, suggest that, unlike other Kpelle lects, Kono has undergone a strong contact influence from Southern Mande. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8524956144a4826a14ea3ad79a37a242022-12-22T01:56:59ZengMandenkan, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique NoireMandenkan2104-371X2017-12-015710.4000/mandenkan.1092Field Notes on Kono, a Southwestern Mande Lect of Forest GuineaMaria KonoshenkoKono (knu) is a Southwestern Mande lect of the Republic of Guinea, not to be confused with Kono of Sierra Leone (kno, Kono-Vai group). It is a member of the Kpelle macro-language together with Guinean Kpelle (gkp) and Liberian Kpelle (xpe). This paper is a brief description of Kono based on the author’s field notes collected in the Republic of Guinea in 2009 and 2014. I discuss segmental and tonal phonology of Kono as well as its basic morphology and grammatical constructions. 100‑word Swadesh lists for Kono, Guinean and Liberian Kpelle are also provided. As I demonstrate in this sketch, Kono is lexically and grammatically distinct enough to be considered a separate language. Some phonological and grammatical phenomena in Kono, e.g. consonant harmony, first vowel elision in CVLV structures and obligatory pronominal doubling of definite noun phrases, suggest that, unlike other Kpelle lects, Kono has undergone a strong contact influence from Southern Mande.http://journals.openedition.org/mandenkan/1092Southwestern MandeSouthern Mandeconsonant alternationconsonant harmonytonal rulespossessive constructions |
| spellingShingle | Maria Konoshenko Field Notes on Kono, a Southwestern Mande Lect of Forest Guinea Mandenkan Southwestern Mande Southern Mande consonant alternation consonant harmony tonal rules possessive constructions |
| title | Field Notes on Kono, a Southwestern Mande Lect of Forest Guinea |
| title_full | Field Notes on Kono, a Southwestern Mande Lect of Forest Guinea |
| title_fullStr | Field Notes on Kono, a Southwestern Mande Lect of Forest Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Field Notes on Kono, a Southwestern Mande Lect of Forest Guinea |
| title_short | Field Notes on Kono, a Southwestern Mande Lect of Forest Guinea |
| title_sort | field notes on kono a southwestern mande lect of forest guinea |
| topic | Southwestern Mande Southern Mande consonant alternation consonant harmony tonal rules possessive constructions |
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