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Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 1993

Page 14. CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BANTU VERB STEM* Larry Hyman Universit... more Page 14. CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BANTU VERB STEM* Larry Hyman University of California-Berkeley The purpose of this paper is to address certain issues arising from the comparative and historical study of the Bantu verb stem. ...

Approaches to Phonologization, 2013

Language Dynamics and Change, 2011

Yearbook of Morphology, 2003

Among the most persuasive arguments in favor of a suprasegmental analysis of tone derives from ca... more Among the most persuasive arguments in favor of a suprasegmental analysis of tone derives from cases where a limited number of "tonal melodies" characterize a constituent or domain independent of the number of tone-bearing units (syllables, moras). The most well-known case, Mende, was analyzed by Leben (1973, 1978) as having five melodies, L(ow), H(igh), LH, HL, and LHL, which would be mapped onto mono-, bi-and trisyllabic words in a left-to-right fashion. While Dwyer (1978), Conteh et al (1983), and others have challenged this analysis of Mende, the Bantu language Kukuya less controversially limits mono-, bi-and trimoraic stems to one of the above tonal melodies (Paulian 1975). An issue, however, arises in this language concerning the correct notion of tone mapping. As expected, the HL melody maps as H-L-L on three moras, e. g. k谩r脿g脿'be entangled', suggesting left-to-right tone mapping. However, the LH melody is realized as L-L-H, e. g. mW脿r'$gI@'younger brother', not as *L-H-H, (*mW脿r'@gI@). Three different approaches have been taken to derive L-L-H:

... another. A second rule in Bamileke-Dschang results in this L-! H being 6 Allowance was and sh... more ... another. A second rule in Bamileke-Dschang results in this L-! H being 6 Allowance was and should be made for M tone not to be phonetically identical to! H, as in Yala Ikom (Armstrong 1968) and Ga'anda (Newman 1971). I ...

Few linguists would disagree that African languages have played a major role in linguistic theory... more Few linguists would disagree that African languages have played a major role in linguistic theory. Within phonology, the unique contributions of African tone systems would probably be cited as having had the greatest impact, followed by the study of so-called advanced tongue root (ATR) vowel harmony systems. Both tone and ATR harmony are widespread and reach a unique level of

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 1993

Page 14. CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BANTU VERB STEM* Larry Hyman Universit... more Page 14. CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BANTU VERB STEM* Larry Hyman University of California-Berkeley The purpose of this paper is to address certain issues arising from the comparative and historical study of the Bantu verb stem. ...

Approaches to Phonologization, 2013

Language Dynamics and Change, 2011

Yearbook of Morphology, 2003

Among the most persuasive arguments in favor of a suprasegmental analysis of tone derives from ca... more Among the most persuasive arguments in favor of a suprasegmental analysis of tone derives from cases where a limited number of "tonal melodies" characterize a constituent or domain independent of the number of tone-bearing units (syllables, moras). The most well-known case, Mende, was analyzed by Leben (1973, 1978) as having five melodies, L(ow), H(igh), LH, HL, and LHL, which would be mapped onto mono-, bi-and trisyllabic words in a left-to-right fashion. While Dwyer (1978), Conteh et al (1983), and others have challenged this analysis of Mende, the Bantu language Kukuya less controversially limits mono-, bi-and trimoraic stems to one of the above tonal melodies (Paulian 1975). An issue, however, arises in this language concerning the correct notion of tone mapping. As expected, the HL melody maps as H-L-L on three moras, e. g. k谩r脿g脿'be entangled', suggesting left-to-right tone mapping. However, the LH melody is realized as L-L-H, e. g. mW脿r'$gI@'younger brother', not as *L-H-H, (*mW脿r'@gI@). Three different approaches have been taken to derive L-L-H:

... another. A second rule in Bamileke-Dschang results in this L-! H being 6 Allowance was and sh... more ... another. A second rule in Bamileke-Dschang results in this L-! H being 6 Allowance was and should be made for M tone not to be phonetically identical to! H, as in Yala Ikom (Armstrong 1968) and Ga'anda (Newman 1971). I ...

Few linguists would disagree that African languages have played a major role in linguistic theory... more Few linguists would disagree that African languages have played a major role in linguistic theory. Within phonology, the unique contributions of African tone systems would probably be cited as having had the greatest impact, followed by the study of so-called advanced tongue root (ATR) vowel harmony systems. Both tone and ATR harmony are widespread and reach a unique level of