In:Syllable Weight in African Languages
Edited by Paul Newman
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 338] 2017
► pp. 129–142
Chapter 8Reduplication in Fur
Prosodic structure and sonority
Published online: 12 April 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.338.08mck
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.338.08mck
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Overview of Fur
- 2.1A general overview of Fur phonology
- 2.2Syllable shape and sonority
- 3.Patterns of reduplication
- 3.1Full reduplication
- 3.1.1Examples of full reduplication with final -e
- 3.1.2Discussion of full reduplication
- 3.2Partial reduplication
- 3.2.1Examples with predictable bases
- 3.2.2Examples of heavy bases with light reduplicants
- 3.2.3Reduplication with VC as the target
- 3.2.4Discussion of partial reduplication
- 3.3The seven bases of reduplication and their outputs
- 3.1Full reduplication
- 4.Summary and discussion of Fur lexical reduplication
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