Distinctive nasality in Kwawu a prosodic account

Nasality in Kwawu is distinctive in vowels but predictable in consonants. This uncommon distribution is interpreted here in prosodic terms. It is claimed that the feature [+nasal] is represented on morae rather than on individual segments. The assignment of the feature [+nasal] is integrated with sy...

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Autor principal:	Outi Bat-El
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1988
Materias:	nasality Kwawu prosody reduplication Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6ff4f44d99864d7a9eb50836ba5f2c742021-11-19T03:54:51ZDistinctive nasality in Kwawu a prosodic account10.32473/sal.v19i2.1074610039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/6ff4f44d99864d7a9eb50836ba5f2c741988-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107461https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XNasality in Kwawu is distinctive in vowels but predictable in consonants. This uncommon distribution is interpreted here in prosodic terms. It is claimed that the feature [+nasal] is represented on morae rather than on individual segments. The assignment of the feature [+nasal] is integrated with syllabification rules, which explains the prosodic characteristics of nasality. Further evidence is drawn from the distribution of nasality in reduplicated forms; the moraic representation of the feature [+nasal] is crucial for the analysis of reduplicated CV stems.Outi Bat-ElLibraryPress@UFarticlenasalityKwawuprosodyreduplicationPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 19, Iss 2 (1988)
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description	Nasality in Kwawu is distinctive in vowels but predictable in consonants. This uncommon distribution is interpreted here in prosodic terms. It is claimed that the feature [+nasal] is represented on morae rather than on individual segments. The assignment of the feature [+nasal] is integrated with syllabification rules, which explains the prosodic characteristics of nasality. Further evidence is drawn from the distribution of nasality in reduplicated forms; the moraic representation of the feature [+nasal] is crucial for the analysis of reduplicated CV stems.
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title	Distinctive nasality in Kwawu a prosodic account
title_short	Distinctive nasality in Kwawu a prosodic account
title_full	Distinctive nasality in Kwawu a prosodic account
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Distinctive nasality in Kwawu a prosodic account

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