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Author Newman, Paul, 1937-

Title Syllable weight in African languages / edited by Paul Newman
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 338
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 338.
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Syllable weight as a phonological variable / Paul Newman -- ch. 2 Syllable weight: A typological and theoretical overview / Matthew Gordon -- ch. 3 Syllable weight and morphophonologically induced resyllabification in Maghrebi Arabic / Lameen Souag -- ch. 4 Syllable weight in Amharic / Andrew Hedding -- ch. 5 Syllabic weight in Tashlhiyt Berber / Mohamed Elmedlaoui -- ch. 6 psychological reality of syllable weight / Russell G. Schuh -- ch. 7 Syllables and syllable weight in Sara-Bagirmi languages / John M. Keegan -- ch. 8 Reduplication in Fur: Prosodic structure and sonority / Ashley L. McKeever -- ch. 9 Non-uniform syllable weight in Southern Kenyan Maa (Maasai) / Doris L. Payne -- ch. 10 Syllable weight in the phonology of Pulaar / Caroline Wiltshire -- ch. 11 Syllable weight and tonal patterning in Kusaal: A moraic perspective / A. Agoswin Musah -- ch. 12 Syllable weight and tone in Mara Bantu languages / Lotta Aunio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject African languages -- Phonology
African languages -- Syllabication
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syllable.
Afroasiatic languages -- Phonology
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Languages.
African languages -- Phonology
Afroasiatic languages -- Phonology
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syllable
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017021565
ISBN 9789027265821
9027265828