Downstep in Supyire
Downstep in the vast majority of cases can be traced to the influence of a low tone [Hyman 1979]. This paper discusses the case of Supyire, a three tone language with downstep unrelated to low tone. Sequences of high tones are automatically downstepped. Confusion with mid tone is in most cases avoid...
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oai:doaj.org-article:59288abf56944bd6924eef3d20fd020e2021-11-19T03:55:45ZDownstep in Supyire10.32473/sal.v14i1.1075330039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/59288abf56944bd6924eef3d20fd020e1983-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107533https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XDownstep in the vast majority of cases can be traced to the influence of a low tone [Hyman 1979]. This paper discusses the case of Supyire, a three tone language with downstep unrelated to low tone. Sequences of high tones are automatically downstepped. Confusion with mid tone is in most cases avoided by a rule which raises mid to high tone; the two rules together creating a "flip-flop" effect. Supyire also has automatic downdrift of mid and high tones following a low tone. It thus presents an unusual combination of downstep and downdrift in the same language, but unrelated to each other.Robert CarlsonLibraryPress@UFarticledownstepphonologytoneSupyirePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 14, Iss 1 (1983) |
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Downstep in the vast majority of cases can be traced to the influence of a low tone [Hyman 1979]. This paper discusses the case of Supyire, a three tone language with downstep unrelated to low tone. Sequences of high tones are automatically downstepped. Confusion with mid tone is in most cases avoided by a rule which raises mid to high tone; the two rules together creating a "flip-flop" effect. Supyire also has automatic downdrift of mid and high tones following a low tone. It thus presents an unusual combination of downstep and downdrift in the same language, but unrelated to each other. |
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