The tonal system of Igbo /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, Mary Morris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht, Holland ; Providence, RI, U.S.A. : Foris Publications, 1990.
Colección:Publications in African languages and linguistics ; 10.
Temas:
Igbo language > Tone.
Igbo language > Phonology.
Ibo (Langue) > Phonologie.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > African Languages.
Igbo language > Phonology
Igbo language > Tone
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. An Introduction to Igbo
  • 2.1. Syntax
  • 2.2. Morphology
  • 2.3. Phonology
  • Notes to Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2: THE NATURE OF THE TONAL REPRESENTATION
  • 1. The Separation of the Tonal and non-Tonal Features
  • 2. Underspecification in Underlying Representation
  • 2.1. The Underlying Representation
  • 2.2. Default Tone Assignment
  • 2.3. Assignment of Tone by Tonal Affixes
  • 2.4. A Comparison with Previous Analyses
  • 2.5. Potential Problems
  • 3. The Phonological Representation of Downstep
  • 3.1. The Distribution of Downstep3.2. The Rule of H Deletion
  • 3.3. Downstep and Downdrift
  • 3.4. A Comparison with Other analyses
  • 4. Conclusion
  • 5. Rule Summary
  • Notes to Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3: THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LEXICAL PHONOLOGY
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Cyclicity
  • 3. The Word Level
  • 4. The Root and Stem Levels
  • 4.1. The Argument from Morphological Ordering
  • 4.2. The Argument from ATR Harmony
  • 4.3. Palatalization
  • 5. The Organization of the Lexical Phonology
  • 6. Strict Cyclicity
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Strict Cyclicity in Reduplicated Nouns7. Rule Ordering
  • 7.1. Ordering Relationships That Follow from the Level Ordering
  • 7.2. Ordering Relationships That Follow from the Cyclical Application of Rules
  • 7.3. Ordering That Follows from a “Feedingâ€? Relationship Between Rules
  • 7.4. Ordering by the Elsewhere Condition
  • 7.5. Positive Advantages of Free Ordering Within the Level
  • 8. Conclusion
  • 9. Rule Summary
  • Notes to Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4: THE PHRASAL PHONOLOGY
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Two Phrasal Levels
  • 2.1. H Deletion
  • 2.2. Vowel Assimilation2.3. Phrase Level I and Phrase Level II
  • 2.4. Falling Contour Simplification
  • 2.5. Middle H Deletion
  • 3. he Role of Syntactic Structure in the Postlexical Phonology
  • 3.1. Syntactic Structure in Phonological Rules
  • 3.2. The Branching Condition
  • 4. The Role of Prosodic Structure in the Phrasal Phonology
  • 4.1. Intonational Phrasing
  • 4.2. The Lack of Evidence for Other Levels of Prosodic Structure
  • 5. Coalescence and Syllable Shortening
  • 5.1. Coalescence
  • 5.2. Feature Sharing and Long Syllable Shortening
  • 6. On Conditions of the Form “X is Unspecified for [F]â€?7. Conclusion
  • 8. Rule Summary
  • Notes to Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5: VERBS AND VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Inflectional Morphology of the Verb
  • 2.1. The Inflectional Affixes
  • 2.2. The Assignment of Inflectional Features
  • 3. The Tonal Melody of the Verb
  • 4. The [+ASSERTIVE] INFL Particle
  • 5. The Tonal Alternation in the NP That Follows the Verb
  • 6. The Subject Prefixes
  • 7. The Relative Clause Forms
  • 8. The “Questionâ€? Forms
  • 9. The Sequential Forms

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