Lʹinfluence des consonnes sure les tons en Dagara langue Voltaïque du Burkina Faso

Phonologists have noted in a number of African language families the occurrence of certain consonants that influence tonal behavior. However, this phenomenon has never been noted in the Voltaic family. In this paper, the author contrasts three varieties of Dagara-Wule, Lobr, and Blrfmr-spoken in sou...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e0cba934a1314c97ba92be9a56d0a4af2021-11-19T03:53:50ZLʹinfluence des consonnes sure les tons en Dagara langue Voltaïque du Burkina Faso10.32473/sal.v27i1.1073890039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/e0cba934a1314c97ba92be9a56d0a4af1998-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107389https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XPhonologists have noted in a number of African language families the occurrence of certain consonants that influence tonal behavior. However, this phenomenon has never been noted in the Voltaic family. In this paper, the author contrasts three varieties of Dagara-Wule, Lobr, and Blrfmr-spoken in southern Burkina Faso and northern Ghana, demonstrating that certain consonants in Wule and Lobr are "transparent", permiting the spread of high tones, while others are "opaque", blocking the spread of high tones.Penou-Achille SoméLibraryPress@UFarticletonetypologyVoltaicDagaratone spreadPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 27, Iss 1 (1998)
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language EN
FR
topic tone
typology
Voltaic
Dagara
tone spread
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle tone
typology
Voltaic
Dagara
tone spread
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Penou-Achille Somé
Lʹinfluence des consonnes sure les tons en Dagara langue Voltaïque du Burkina Faso
description Phonologists have noted in a number of African language families the occurrence of certain consonants that influence tonal behavior. However, this phenomenon has never been noted in the Voltaic family. In this paper, the author contrasts three varieties of Dagara-Wule, Lobr, and Blrfmr-spoken in southern Burkina Faso and northern Ghana, demonstrating that certain consonants in Wule and Lobr are "transparent", permiting the spread of high tones, while others are "opaque", blocking the spread of high tones.
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author Penou-Achille Somé
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title Lʹinfluence des consonnes sure les tons en Dagara langue Voltaïque du Burkina Faso
title_short Lʹinfluence des consonnes sure les tons en Dagara langue Voltaïque du Burkina Faso
title_full Lʹinfluence des consonnes sure les tons en Dagara langue Voltaïque du Burkina Faso
title_fullStr Lʹinfluence des consonnes sure les tons en Dagara langue Voltaïque du Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed Lʹinfluence des consonnes sure les tons en Dagara langue Voltaïque du Burkina Faso
title_sort lʹinfluence des consonnes sure les tons en dagara langue voltaïque du burkina faso
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publishDate 1998
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