Esquisse de la tonologie synchronique de Wemɛgbe dialecte Gbe du sud-Benin

In this paper I show that Wemegbe, a language spoken in southern Benin, has two underlying tones, H and L, and that the surface tones M, LH and HL are derived by phonological rules. A H tone is inserted after an initial prevocalic voiceless obstruent (occurring in non verbals), creating a HL contour...

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Autor principal:	Flavien Gbeto
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2004
Materias:	tone phonology Wemebge Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e2acfd345feb48c9877c141bc65860152021-11-19T03:53:16ZEsquisse de la tonologie synchronique de Wemɛgbe dialecte Gbe du sud-Benin10.32473/sal.v33i1.1073390039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/e2acfd345feb48c9877c141bc65860152004-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107339https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XIn this paper I show that Wemegbe, a language spoken in southern Benin, has two underlying tones, H and L, and that the surface tones M, LH and HL are derived by phonological rules. A H tone is inserted after an initial prevocalic voiceless obstruent (occurring in non verbals), creating a HL contour tone, when the vowel of the syllable is L toned. The LH tone is derived through a rightspreading rule from a L' prefix tone, which is postulated for all verbs in their imperative forms and for all nouns. Of particular interest is the fact that the rightward spreading rule for L' is blocked by a voiceless obstruent. Finally, the M tone is derived through a L-Raising rule. This analysis shows that not only can vowels be TBUs in the world's languages, but also initial root consonants can be.Flavien GbetoLibraryPress@UFarticletonephonologyWemebgePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 33, Iss 1 (2004)
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description	In this paper I show that Wemegbe, a language spoken in southern Benin, has two underlying tones, H and L, and that the surface tones M, LH and HL are derived by phonological rules. A H tone is inserted after an initial prevocalic voiceless obstruent (occurring in non verbals), creating a HL contour tone, when the vowel of the syllable is L toned. The LH tone is derived through a rightspreading rule from a L' prefix tone, which is postulated for all verbs in their imperative forms and for all nouns. Of particular interest is the fact that the rightward spreading rule for L' is blocked by a voiceless obstruent. Finally, the M tone is derived through a L-Raising rule. This analysis shows that not only can vowels be TBUs in the world's languages, but also initial root consonants can be.
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title	Esquisse de la tonologie synchronique de Wemɛgbe dialecte Gbe du sud-Benin
title_short	Esquisse de la tonologie synchronique de Wemɛgbe dialecte Gbe du sud-Benin
title_full	Esquisse de la tonologie synchronique de Wemɛgbe dialecte Gbe du sud-Benin
title_fullStr	Esquisse de la tonologie synchronique de Wemɛgbe dialecte Gbe du sud-Benin
title_full_unstemmed	Esquisse de la tonologie synchronique de Wemɛgbe dialecte Gbe du sud-Benin
title_sort	esquisse de la tonologie synchronique de wemɛgbe dialecte gbe du sud-benin
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publishDate	2004
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Esquisse de la tonologie synchronique de Wemɛgbe dialecte Gbe du sud-Benin

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