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Autore |
Michaud Alexis |
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Titolo |
Tone in Yongning Na [[electronic resource] ] : lexical tones and morphotonology / / Alexis Michaud |
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Berlin, Germany : , : Language Science Press, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (573 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Diversity Linguistics ; ; volume 13 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sino-Tibetan languages |
Sino-Tibetan languages - Grammar |
Sino-Tibetan languages - Intonation |
Sino-Tibetan languages - Morphosyntax |
Sino-Tibetan languages - Phonology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgements --Abbreviations and conventions --For quick reference: lexical tones and main tone rules --1. Introduction --2. The lexical tones of nouns --3. Compund nouns --4. Classifiers --5. Combination of nouns with grammatical elements --6. Verbs and their combinatory properties --7. Tone assignment rules and the division of utterances into tone groups --8. From surface phonological tone to phonetic realization --9. Yongning Na tones in dynamic-synchronic perspective --10. Typological perspectives --11. Yongning Na in its areal context --12. Conclusion --Appendix A: vowels and consonants --Appendix B: Historical and ethnological perspectives --References --Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Yongning Na, also known as Mosuo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Southwest China. This book provides a description and analysis of its tone system, progressing from lexical tones towards morphotonology. Tonal changes permeate numerous aspects of the morphosyntax of Yongning Na. They are not the product of a small set of phonological rules, but of a host of rules that are restricted to specific |
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