Tone in Abidji morphology

This article is a description of the morphology of the regular verbs in Abidji. It shows how segmental and tonal rules interact to produce the realization of 14 tense-aspect combinations in 2 different classes of verbs. Each tense or aspect is represented by a specific tone pattern on the verb root...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4c7c16c868ce40afb047d62987ecafe02021-11-19T03:54:32ZTone in Abidji morphology10.32473/sal.v21i1.1074400039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/4c7c16c868ce40afb047d62987ecafe01990-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107440https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis article is a description of the morphology of the regular verbs in Abidji. It shows how segmental and tonal rules interact to produce the realization of 14 tense-aspect combinations in 2 different classes of verbs. Each tense or aspect is represented by a specific tone pattern on the verb root and causes the occurrence of a certain tone on the prefix. I start with the description of the verbal structure and the presentation of the various tense-aspect combinations and of the 3 classes of verbs. Then I describe the tonal realization of each tense-aspect combination on the stems of Class 1 and Class 2 verbs Oeaving out the third class of irregular verbs). Finally, I describe the phonological rules that create the tone-pattern found on the prefix.Chantal TresbaratsLibraryPress@UFarticlemorphologyverbAbidjitenseaspectPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 21, Iss 1 (1990)
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language EN
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topic morphology
verb
Abidji
tense
aspect
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle morphology
verb
Abidji
tense
aspect
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Chantal Tresbarats
Tone in Abidji morphology
description This article is a description of the morphology of the regular verbs in Abidji. It shows how segmental and tonal rules interact to produce the realization of 14 tense-aspect combinations in 2 different classes of verbs. Each tense or aspect is represented by a specific tone pattern on the verb root and causes the occurrence of a certain tone on the prefix. I start with the description of the verbal structure and the presentation of the various tense-aspect combinations and of the 3 classes of verbs. Then I describe the tonal realization of each tense-aspect combination on the stems of Class 1 and Class 2 verbs Oeaving out the third class of irregular verbs). Finally, I describe the phonological rules that create the tone-pattern found on the prefix.
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title_short Tone in Abidji morphology
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