
Diachrony of Tone
Special issue of Diachronica 42:3/4 (2025)
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[Diachronica, 42:3/4] 2025. v, 259 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 20 November 2025
Published online on 20 November 2025
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Table of Contents
- IntroductionSandra Auderset, Rikker Dockum & Ryan Gehrmann | pp. 267–277
- Tonogenesis in the Gulf of Guinea CreolesAna Lívia Agostinho | pp. 278–304
- Dialectal tone description enhances historical tonologyMirella L. Blum | pp. 305–323
- Towards reconstructing grammatical tone in the northwestern Bantu verb phraseNadine Grimm | pp. 324–356
- Tone and voicing in Cao Bằng Tai: Implications for tonal evolution and changeJames Kirby & Pittayawat Pittayaporn | pp. 357–381
- Kra-Dai tonogenesis in Austro-Tai perspectiveHanbo Liao & Ryan Gehrmann | pp. 382–405
- Accent and tone: The double origin of the Paicî prosodic systemFlorian Lionnet | pp. 406–427
- Tonogenesis and tone renewal in Baltic and Slavic languagesTijmen Pronk | pp. 428–450
- Tonogenesis: A diachronic typologyLilja Maria Sæbø, Eitan Grossman & Steven Moran | pp. 451–478
- Tonogenesis in the Naduhup family of northwest AmazoniaMark Simmons & Patience Epps | pp. 479–507
- Siamese tones in the late 16th century as reflected in the Sino-Siamese Manual of TranslationShinnakrit Tangsiriwattanakul & Pittayawat Pittayaporn | pp. 508–525
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