Tone Systems in African Languages

Edited by: Rose-Juliet Anyanwu. With a preface by: Rose-Juliet Anyanwu. With contributions by: Khalil Alio, Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Abdourahmane Diallo, Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Bernhard Köhler, Antje Meißner, David Roberts, Eno-Abasi E. Urua.

Series: FAB Frankfurt African Studies Bulletin Year 2005, Volume 17

2007
198 pp.
1 map, 6 colour spectrograms, 7 b/w spectrograms, numerous tables and charts
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 240 mm
410 g
Paperback
€ 39.80

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CONTENTS

Preface

Rose-Juliet Anyanwu: Tones in Jukunoid languages

Rose-Juliet Anyanwu / Khalil Alio: The functions of the morphosyntactic tone in Bidiya

Rose-Juliet Anyanwu / Abdourahmane Diallo: Rhythmic units and stress / word accent mobility in Fula

Rose-Juliet Anyanwu / Bernhard Köhler: A survey of Northern Khoisan tonology

Herrmann Jungraithmayr: Tonal cases in Mushere

Antje Meißner: Some remarks on nominal tone in Maa

David Roberts: The variable status of nasals as tone bearing units in Kabiyè

Eno-Abasi Urua: The tones of Iko

Under these links you will find further descriptions of the languages analyzed in this volume and publications by the contributors:

Accompanying material:

• „Mehr als nur Worte ...” (ISBN 978-3-89645-125-5)
• A Bibliography of the Maa Language and the Maasai People (ISBN 978-3-89645-710-3)
• A Grammar of Kuteb (ISBN 978-3-89645-422-5)
• Das Hone und seine Stellung im Zentral-Jukunoid (ISBN 978-3-89645-107-1)
• Grammaire kabiyè – une analyse systématique (ISBN 978-3-89645-034-0)
• Language Contact in Guinea (ISBN 978-3-89645-906-0)
• Lehrbuch des Pular (ISBN 978-3-89645-841-4)
• Magic and Gender (ISBN 978-3-89645-108-8)
• Sússúnà – Contes Bidiya (ISBN 978-3-89645-466-9)
• Verbal Serialisation in Bezen (Southern Jukunoid) (ISBN 978-3-89645-764-6)

Cross-reference:

• Logophoricity, Pronouns, and Pronominals in African Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-367-9)
• Reference Grammar of Yukuben (Jukunoid, Nigeria) (ISBN 978-3-89645-473-7)
• Stress and Tone – The African Experience (ISBN 978-3-89645-017-3)
• Tense, Aspect, and Mood in Benue-Congo Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-470-6)
• Transitivity in African Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-726-4)

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