The Phonology of Two Central Chadic Languages
The Phonology of Two Central Chadic Languages
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The Phonology of Two Central Chadic Languages by Tony Smith
These two phonologies of the Chadic languages Muyang and Mbuko present typologically unusual data, the bulk of which is found in the vowel systems. Prosodies of labialization and palatalization can span entire words, affecting both vowels and consonants. Morphemes are of three types: neutral, labialized, and palatalized. At a deep level, these languages have only one or two basic vowels; all other vowel qualities result from the interplay of other factors. The labialization and palatalization prosodies do not operate identically, but may co-occur in Muyang, and possibly in Mbuko. The consonantal and tonal systems also have points of interest. Both Muyang and Mbuko have lateral fricatives, implosive stops and prenasalized voiced stops. Both have three tone levels but no contour tones or downstep. Voiced obstruents and voiced fricatives in Muyang and Mbuko are tonal depressors. These phonologies are written in a broadly generative rule-based framework, but theorists from various persuasions will find much of interest, including Muyang labialization patterns related to adjacency and consonant/prosody/vowel interactions, Mbuko tones and adjacency, and a Muyang ]cor] autosegment causative morpheme. The works in this volume are the result of years of intensive contact with the speakers of Muyang and Mbuko by the authors.Tony Smith teaches philosophy at Iowa State University of Science and Technology as an associate professor. He also wrote The Logic of Marx's Capital, which was published by SUNY Press.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781556712319 |
| ISBN 10 | 1556712316 |
| Title | The Phonology of Two Central Chadic Languages |
| Author | Tony Smith |
| Series | Publications In Linguistics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sil International, Global Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 268 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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