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UNINA9910476933303321 |
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Autore |
Michaud Alexis |
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Titolo |
Tone in Yongning Na : Lexical tones and morphotonology / / Alexis Michaud |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin : , : Language Science Press, , 2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (573 pages) |
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Collana |
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Studies in diversity linguistics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sino-Tibetan languages - Lexicology |
Sino-Tibetan languages - Phonology, Historical |
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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 morphosyntactic contexts. Rich morphotonological systems have been reported in this area of Sino-Tibetan, but book-length descriptions remain few. This study of an endangered language contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of prosodic systems in East Asia. The analysis is based on original fieldwork data (made available online), collected over the course of ten years, |
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