Intonation in African tone languages /

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This volume brings together two under-investigated areas of intonation typology. While tone languages make up to 70 percent of the world's languages, only few have been explored for intonation. And even though one third of the world's languages are spoken in Africa, and most sub-Saharan la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Downing, Laura J. (Editor )
Otros Autores: Rialland, Annie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: De Gruyter, 2017.
Colección:Phonology and phonetics ; 24.
Temas:
African languages > Tone.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > African Languages.
African languages > Tone
African Languages.
Intonation Typology.
Tone Languages.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of contents ; Introduction ; I. Northern Africa ; Intonation in the Thetogovela dialect of Moro ; II. Western Africa ; Kɔnni Intonation ; Tone and intonation in Akan ; Tone and intonation in Mambila ; Aspects of the intonational phonology of Bàsàá
  • How intonations interact with tones in Embosi (Bantu C25), a two-tone language without downdrift III. Eastern Africa ; Chimiini intonation ; Tone and intonation in Shingazidja ; IV. Eastern Central and Southern Africa ; Intonation in Bemba ; Tone and intonation in Chichewa and Tumbuka.
  • Sentence intonation in Tswana (Sotho-Tswana group) Notes on contributors ; Index.

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