A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo

In this study the author provides some linguistic evidence to support his argument that I~!is an autonomous vowel phoneme in the Enuani dialect. First, he uses some minimal pairs to show instances where it contrasts with both lei and la/. In addition, he compares the Enuani vowel harmony set with th...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Ambrose Adikarnkwu Monye
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1989
Materias:	Enuani vowels Igbo Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/905bc2db0266433199affdbc4c309c51
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:905bc2db0266433199affdbc4c309c51
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:905bc2db0266433199affdbc4c309c512021-11-19T03:54:41ZA re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo10.32473/sal.v20i2.1074500039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/905bc2db0266433199affdbc4c309c511989-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107450https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XIn this study the author provides some linguistic evidence to support his argument that I~!is an autonomous vowel phoneme in the Enuani dialect. First, he uses some minimal pairs to show instances where it contrasts with both lei and la/. In addition, he compares the Enuani vowel harmony set with the eastern Igbo set, pointing out that whereas the fonner has 9 vowel phonemes with the vowel phoneme I~I inclusive, the latter has 8 without it. Finally, he uses unitary words to show instances where I~/, lei, and lal either co-occur or do not co-occur in the Enuani dialect. With the above points he conclusively argues that I~!is a vowel phoneme in the Enuani dialect.Ambrose Adikarnkwu MonyeLibraryPress@UFarticleEnuanivowelsIgboPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 20, Iss 2 (1989)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN FR
topic	Enuani vowels Igbo Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Enuani vowels Igbo Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Ambrose Adikarnkwu Monye A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo
description	In this study the author provides some linguistic evidence to support his argument that I~!is an autonomous vowel phoneme in the Enuani dialect. First, he uses some minimal pairs to show instances where it contrasts with both lei and la/. In addition, he compares the Enuani vowel harmony set with the eastern Igbo set, pointing out that whereas the fonner has 9 vowel phonemes with the vowel phoneme I~I inclusive, the latter has 8 without it. Finally, he uses unitary words to show instances where I~/, lei, and lal either co-occur or do not co-occur in the Enuani dialect. With the above points he conclusively argues that I~!is a vowel phoneme in the Enuani dialect.
format	article
author	Ambrose Adikarnkwu Monye
author_facet	Ambrose Adikarnkwu Monye
author_sort	Ambrose Adikarnkwu Monye
title	A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo
title_short	A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo
title_full	A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo
title_fullStr	A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo
title_full_unstemmed	A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo
title_sort	re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in igbo
publisher	LibraryPress@UF
publishDate	1989
url	https://doaj.org/article/905bc2db0266433199affdbc4c309c51
work_keys_str_mv	AT ambroseadikarnkwumonye areexaminationofthe9thvowelphonemeinigbo AT ambroseadikarnkwumonye reexaminationofthe9thvowelphonemeinigbo
_version_	1718420564014530560

A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo

Ejemplares similares