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Author Clark, Mary Morris.

Title The tonal system of Igbo / Mary M. Clark
Published Dordrecht, Holland ; Providence, RI, U.S.A. : Foris Publications, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 323 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Publications in African languages and linguistics ; 10
Publications in African languages and linguistics ; 10.
Contents 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 “Feeding� 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]�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 “Question� Forms -- 9. The Sequential Forms
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323)
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Subject Igbo language -- Tone.
Igbo language -- Phonology
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Languages.
Igbo language -- Phonology
Igbo language -- Tone
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ISBN 9783110869095
3110869098
3110130416
9783110130416