Local and metrical tone shift in Nguni

In this paper I argue that the Nguni languages have both a metrical tone shift rule and a non-metrical (local) tone shift rule which precedes and feeds assignment of metrical prominence (accent). As Goldsmith, Peterson, and Drogo [1986] and Peterson [1989b] have argued, a metrical tone shift rule be...

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Main Author: Laura J. Downing
Format: article
Language:EN
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Published: LibraryPress@UF 1990
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e1584e75c91b43fd91aa083f1dbf925e
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