A tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa

This paper describes and accounts for the tonal split between bound argument prefixes of Il-Keekonyokie Maa verbs with (apparently) High and Low tone. Data with the tonal split are given, followed by an analysis showing that the apparent High tone must be lexically unspecified for these prefixes. Th...

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Autor principal:	Kent Rasmussen
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2001
Materias:	tonal split tone Maa morphology downstep Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ea0a451441b9476aa3c6f066d19fca7d2021-11-19T03:53:34ZA tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa10.32473/sal.v30i1.1073640039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/ea0a451441b9476aa3c6f066d19fca7d2001-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107364https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper describes and accounts for the tonal split between bound argument prefixes of Il-Keekonyokie Maa verbs with (apparently) High and Low tone. Data with the tonal split are given, followed by an analysis showing that the apparent High tone must be lexically unspecified for these prefixes. This analysis is required because a lexical High prefix tone in certain verbs would cause downstep, where down step is not observed. Neutralization of the tone split is then considered, with the data presented and accounted for by an analysis for each of the two verb root classes. The conclusion discusses the need for the apparent word initial High tone to be spread from the stem tone.Kent RasmussenLibraryPress@UFarticletonal splittoneMaamorphologydownstepPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 30, Iss 1 (2001)
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spellingShingle	tonal split tone Maa morphology downstep Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Kent Rasmussen A tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa
description	This paper describes and accounts for the tonal split between bound argument prefixes of Il-Keekonyokie Maa verbs with (apparently) High and Low tone. Data with the tonal split are given, followed by an analysis showing that the apparent High tone must be lexically unspecified for these prefixes. This analysis is required because a lexical High prefix tone in certain verbs would cause downstep, where down step is not observed. Neutralization of the tone split is then considered, with the data presented and accounted for by an analysis for each of the two verb root classes. The conclusion discusses the need for the apparent word initial High tone to be spread from the stem tone.
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title	A tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa
title_short	A tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa
title_full	A tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa
title_fullStr	A tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa
title_full_unstemmed	A tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa
title_sort	tonal split in bound argument pronouns in il-keeknyokie maa
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A tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa

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