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| Title: | Mamaindé Tone – an account of plateauing in an Amazonian language |
| Author: | David M. Eberhard |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Institution: | SIL International |
| Linguistic Field: | Phonology |
| Abstract: | This paper describes the tone system of Mamainde, a Northern Nambiquara language. It employs an OT analysis to account for tone sandhi, which in this language involves plateauing, where a HLH sequence is realized as a HHH in very specific environments. |
| Type: | Individual Paper |
| Status: | Completed |
| Publication Info: | In W. Leo Wetzels (ed.), Language Endangerment and Endangered Languages and Cultures of the Andean-Amazonian Border Area. pp.285-308. Indigenous Languages of Latin America Series (ILLA). Publications of the Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS). Leiden University, The Netherlands. |
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