In:Tone Orthography and Literacy: The voice of evidence in ten Niger-Congo languages
Edited by David Roberts and Stephen L. Walter
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy 18] 2021
► pp. 107–126
Chapter 6Yoruba
Published online: 14 July 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.18.06har
https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.18.06har
Article outline
- 1.Linguistic and orthographic background
- 1.1Affiliation and location
- 1.2Orthography development
- 1.3Previous research
- 1.4Typology
- 1.5Consonants
- 1.6Vowels
- 1.6.1Processes affecting segments
- 1.6.2Vowel harmony
- 1.6.3Vowel assimilation
- 1.6.4Vowel deletion
- 1.6.5Consonant deletion
- 1.7Tone
- 1.7.1Generalities
- 1.7.2Tone orthography
- 1.7.3Post-lexical tonal processes
- 1.7.3.1Tone spreading
- 1.7.3.2Downstep and downdrift
- 1.7.3.3Upstep or H tone raising
- 1.7.3.4H and L tone assimilation
- 1.7.3.5Tone and consonant interaction
- 1.7.4Lexical tonal processes
- 1.7.4.1Subject-marking H tone
- 1.7.4.2L tone raising at phrasal boundaries
- 1.7.4.3L tone raising in the associative construction
- 1.7.4.4HL simplification
- 1.7.4.5Object pronoun dissimilation
- 1.7.5Lexical tone
- 1.7.6Grammatical tone
- 2.Literacy background
- 2.1Literacy programs
- 2.2Literature production
- 2.3Pedagogical materials
- 2.3.1Primer
- 2.3.2Transition Guide
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