The interation of segmental and tonal levels the case of w in Temne

Temne is a West Atlantic Mel language, spoken in northern Sierra Leone, which has both phonemic and morphological tone. This paper explores the interaction between tonal and segmental levels through the investigation of segmental rules of insertion and deletion and through verbal inflections and der...

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Autores principales:	Julie F. Nemer, Keith Wm. Mountford
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1984
Materias:	Temne Mel tone morphology subject markers Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:97247632009e4ad79832e65bcf765f452021-11-19T03:55:33ZThe interation of segmental and tonal levels the case of w in Temne10.32473/sal.v15i2.1075150039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/97247632009e4ad79832e65bcf765f451984-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107515https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XTemne is a West Atlantic Mel language, spoken in northern Sierra Leone, which has both phonemic and morphological tone. This paper explores the interaction between tonal and segmental levels through the investigation of segmental rules of insertion and deletion and through verbal inflections and derivations. The paper shows that tonal patterns on Temne verbs are not additive, unlike the segmental portions of the verbs, and that the tones on verbs must be viewed as almost totally independent of the component morphemes of the verb. In the process, the paper argues for the analysis of an underlying vowel and for the analysis of pronouns as noncliticized morphemes, which means that Temne has redundant subject markers in certain types of sentences. Both of these are issues which various authors have taken opposing stances on in the literature.Julie F. NemerKeith Wm. MountfordLibraryPress@UFarticleTemneMeltonemorphologysubject markersPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 15, Iss 2 (1984)
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spellingShingle	Temne Mel tone morphology subject markers Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Julie F. Nemer Keith Wm. Mountford The interation of segmental and tonal levels the case of w in Temne
description	Temne is a West Atlantic Mel language, spoken in northern Sierra Leone, which has both phonemic and morphological tone. This paper explores the interaction between tonal and segmental levels through the investigation of segmental rules of insertion and deletion and through verbal inflections and derivations. The paper shows that tonal patterns on Temne verbs are not additive, unlike the segmental portions of the verbs, and that the tones on verbs must be viewed as almost totally independent of the component morphemes of the verb. In the process, the paper argues for the analysis of an underlying vowel and for the analysis of pronouns as noncliticized morphemes, which means that Temne has redundant subject markers in certain types of sentences. Both of these are issues which various authors have taken opposing stances on in the literature.
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The interation of segmental and tonal levels the case of w in Temne

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