Mid-toned and high-toned elements in Yoruba

This paper examines three M-toned and three H-toned elements in Yoruba. On the one hand are the mid-toned mora (MT/-l), the mid-toned ni and the mid-toned ti. On the other hand are the H-toned mora (HT/-l), the H-toned nl and the H-toned 6. I propose that the parallels between these elements are syn...

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Autor principal:	Oladiipo Ajiboye
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2007
Materias:	Yoruba tone genitive case agreement Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e37c5503834d4160a963a97d2cf6cf982021-11-19T03:52:52ZMid-toned and high-toned elements in Yoruba10.32473/sal.v36i2.1073010039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/e37c5503834d4160a963a97d2cf6cf982007-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107301https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper examines three M-toned and three H-toned elements in Yoruba. On the one hand are the mid-toned mora (MT/-l), the mid-toned ni and the mid-toned ti. On the other hand are the H-toned mora (HT/-l), the H-toned nl and the H-toned 6. I propose that the parallels between these elements are syntactically and semantically conditioned. Every occurrence of a M-toned element shows agreement in the nominal domain whereas every occurrence of a H-toned element shows agreement in the verbal or extended verbal domain. I show that the pairs converge in their semantic role as case assigners. In particular, I claim that genitive Case assignment is carried out by the MT/-l or ti. I treat this as an instance of Case alternation. I further propose that when the two jointly assign genitive Case to the possessor, this is an instance of Case stacking.Oladiipo AjiboyeLibraryPress@UFarticleYorubatonegenitive caseagreementPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 36, Iss 2 (2007)
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description	This paper examines three M-toned and three H-toned elements in Yoruba. On the one hand are the mid-toned mora (MT/-l), the mid-toned ni and the mid-toned ti. On the other hand are the H-toned mora (HT/-l), the H-toned nl and the H-toned 6. I propose that the parallels between these elements are syntactically and semantically conditioned. Every occurrence of a M-toned element shows agreement in the nominal domain whereas every occurrence of a H-toned element shows agreement in the verbal or extended verbal domain. I show that the pairs converge in their semantic role as case assigners. In particular, I claim that genitive Case assignment is carried out by the MT/-l or ti. I treat this as an instance of Case alternation. I further propose that when the two jointly assign genitive Case to the possessor, this is an instance of Case stacking.
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title	Mid-toned and high-toned elements in Yoruba
title_short	Mid-toned and high-toned elements in Yoruba
title_full	Mid-toned and high-toned elements in Yoruba
title_fullStr	Mid-toned and high-toned elements in Yoruba
title_full_unstemmed	Mid-toned and high-toned elements in Yoruba
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Mid-toned and high-toned elements in Yoruba

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