Distinctive nasality in Kwawu a prosodic account
| Autor: | Outi Bat-El |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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| Zdroj: | Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 19, Iss 2 (1988) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0039-3533 2154-428X |
| Popis: | Nasality in Kwawu is distinctive in vowels but predictable in consonants. This uncommon distribution is interpreted here in prosodic terms. It is claimed that the feature [+nasal] is represented on morae rather than on individual segments. The assignment of the feature [+nasal] is integrated with syllabification rules, which explains the prosodic characteristics of nasality. Further evidence is drawn from the distribution of nasality in reduplicated forms; the moraic representation of the feature [+nasal] is crucial for the analysis of reduplicated CV stems. |
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