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In:Syllable Weight in African Languages
Edited by Paul Newman
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 338] 2017
► pp. 161–176

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Chapter 10
Syllable weight in the phonology of Pulaar

Published online: 12 April 2017
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Syllable weight and syllable prominence in Fula
    • 2.1Arnott’s account of Gombe Fulfulde
    • 2.2McIntosh’s account of Kaceccereere Fulfulde
    • 2.3Breedveld’s account of Maasinankoore Fulfulde
    • 2.4Diallo’s account of Fuuta Jaloo Pular
    • 2.5Niang’s account of Mauritanian Fuutankoore Pulaar
    • 2.6Summary
  • 3.Syllable prominence in Senegalese Fuutankoore Pulaar
    • 3.1Methodology
    • 3.2Results
  • 4.Syllable weight in other phonological processes
    • 4.1Reduplication
    • 4.2Compensatory lengthening
    • 4.3Minimal word constraint
  • 5.Summary and conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix
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