NCs in Moghamo prenasalized onsets or heterosyllabic clusters

This paper is concerned with the analysis of nasal-plus-oral-stop sequences in Moghamo, a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. Although Stallcup [1978] tentatively analyzed these sequences as heterosyllabic clusters, the evidence suggests that they are actually prenasalized syllable onsets. First...

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Autor principal:	Roderic F. Casali
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1995
Materias:	stops Moghamo Grassfields Bantu prenasalization Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4bbdb975e7b54e47b96562c20e84765b2021-11-19T03:54:07ZNCs in Moghamo prenasalized onsets or heterosyllabic clusters10.32473/sal.v24i2.1074060039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/4bbdb975e7b54e47b96562c20e84765b1995-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107406https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper is concerned with the analysis of nasal-plus-oral-stop sequences in Moghamo, a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. Although Stallcup [1978] tentatively analyzed these sequences as heterosyllabic clusters, the evidence suggests that they are actually prenasalized syllable onsets. First, the distribution of NCs closely parallels that of unambiguous onsets: they occur both initially and medially in words of several grammatical categories. Instances of unambiguous heterosyllabic clusters, by contrast, are rare. Second, while the nasal portion of noun-initial NCs was historically a prefix, it appears to be part of the root synchronically. Third, the nasal portion of an Niger-Congo does not appear to be phonologically tone-bearing. Finally, the contention that NCs are on-sets is supported by native speaker intuitions.Roderic F. CasaliLibraryPress@UFarticlestopsMoghamoGrassfields BantuprenasalizationPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 24, Iss 2 (1995)
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topic	stops Moghamo Grassfields Bantu prenasalization Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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description	This paper is concerned with the analysis of nasal-plus-oral-stop sequences in Moghamo, a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. Although Stallcup [1978] tentatively analyzed these sequences as heterosyllabic clusters, the evidence suggests that they are actually prenasalized syllable onsets. First, the distribution of NCs closely parallels that of unambiguous onsets: they occur both initially and medially in words of several grammatical categories. Instances of unambiguous heterosyllabic clusters, by contrast, are rare. Second, while the nasal portion of noun-initial NCs was historically a prefix, it appears to be part of the root synchronically. Third, the nasal portion of an Niger-Congo does not appear to be phonologically tone-bearing. Finally, the contention that NCs are on-sets is supported by native speaker intuitions.
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author	Roderic F. Casali
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title	NCs in Moghamo prenasalized onsets or heterosyllabic clusters
title_short	NCs in Moghamo prenasalized onsets or heterosyllabic clusters
title_full	NCs in Moghamo prenasalized onsets or heterosyllabic clusters
title_fullStr	NCs in Moghamo prenasalized onsets or heterosyllabic clusters
title_full_unstemmed	NCs in Moghamo prenasalized onsets or heterosyllabic clusters
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NCs in Moghamo prenasalized onsets or heterosyllabic clusters

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