Intonation in African Tone Languages /
Intonation in African Tone Languages /
ed. by Laura J. Downing, Annie Rialland.
- 1 online resource (VI, 442 p.)
- Phonology and Phonetics [PP] , 24 1861-4191 ; .
Frontmatter -- 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 -- Supplementary Material
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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 languages are tone languages, recent collections on tone and intonation typology have almost entirely ignored African languages. This book aims to fill this gap.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110484793 9783110499070 9783110503524
10.1515/9783110503524 doi
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology.
African Languages. Intonation Typology. Tone Languages.
496
Frontmatter -- 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 -- Supplementary Material
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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 languages are tone languages, recent collections on tone and intonation typology have almost entirely ignored African languages. This book aims to fill this gap.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110484793 9783110499070 9783110503524
10.1515/9783110503524 doi
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology.
African Languages. Intonation Typology. Tone Languages.
496