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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466325603321

Titolo

Intonation in African tone languages / / edited by Laura J. Downing and Annie Rialland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-061071-X

3-11-049907-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 pages)

Collana

Phonology and Phonetics, , 1861-4191 ; ; Volume 24

Disciplina

496

Soggetti

African languages - Tone

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction / Downing, Laura J. / Rialland, Annie -- I. Northern Africa -- Intonation in the Thetogovela dialect of Moro / Rose, Sharon / Piccinini, Page -- II. Western Africa -- Kɔnni Intonation / Cahill, Michael -- Tone and intonation in Akan / Kügler, Frank -- Tone and Intonation in Mambila / Connell, Bruce -- Aspects of the intonational phonology of Bàsàá / Makasso, Emmanuel-Moselly / Hamlaoui, Fatima / Lee, Seunghun J. -- How intonations interact with tones in Embosi (Bantu C25), a two-tone language without downdrift / Rialland, Annie / Aborobongui, Martial Embanga -- III. Eastern Africa -- Chimiini Intonation / Kisseberth, Charles W. -- Tone and Intonation in Shingazidja / Patin, Cédric -- IV. Eastern Central and Southern Africa -- Intonation in Bemba / Kula, Nancy C. / Hamann, Silke -- Tone and Intonation in Chichewa and Tumbuka / Downing, Laura J. -- Sentence intonation in Tswana (Sotho-Tswana group) / Zerbian, Sabine -- Notes on contributors -- Index -- Supplementary Material