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African Linguistics
Essays in Memory of M.W.K. Semikenke
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This volume presents papers on issues in African linguistics, covering a variety of African languages and ranging from phonology to lexicology.
[Studies in the Sciences of Language Series, 6] 1985. v, 508 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 19 December 2011
Published online on 19 December 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Preface | pp. v–vi
- Obituary | pp. vii–viii
- Table of Contents
- On the ‘compound’ tone in MigaamaD. Abdoullaye and J. Kelly | p. 1
- Verbal Agreement as a noncyclic rule in BantuEyamba G. Bokamba | p. 9
- Akan vowel harmony: a nonlinear analysisG. Nick Clements | p. 55
- Tons et accents en KinyarwandaR. Furere and Annie Rialland | p. 99
- On tone in SukumaJohn A. Goldsmith | p. 167
- L'expression du passif en ManinkaClaire Grégoire | p. 189
- The autosegmental and metrical nature of tone terracingC.-T. James Huang | p. 209
- Globality in the Kinande tone systemLarry M. Hyman and N. Valinande | p. 239
- Le mot chômage et ses implications socio-politiques dans la Voix du CongolaisB. Kadima-Tshimanga | p. 261
- A nonlinear account of the syllable in LugandaFrancis X. Katamba | p. 267
- On the syllable structure of certain West African languagesJ. Kaye | p. 285
- On junction in two Kisiu nasal classesJ. Kelly | p. 309
- The phonology of state in Kabyle BerberMichael Kenstowicz, Yousef Bader and R. Benkeddache | p. 319
- On the correspondene between linguistic tone and musical melodyWilliam R. Leben | p. 335
- An accentual approach to tone in KimatuumbiD. Odden | p. 345
- A lexical treatment of tone in TivDouglas Pulleyblank | p. 421
- Swahili quasi-passives; the question of contextJoan Russell | p. 477
- The status of lexical associations and the obligatory contour principle in the analysis of tone languagesJohn Victor Singler | p. 491
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