LINGUIST List 17.3401

Mon Nov 20 2006

Books: Phonology: McHugh

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Directory         1.    Ulrich Lueders, Cyclicity in the Phrasal Phonology of KiVunjo Chaga: McHugh

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Message 1: Cyclicity in the Phrasal Phonology of KiVunjo Chaga: McHugh
Date: 13-Nov-2006
From: Ulrich Lueders <lincom.europat-online.de>
Subject: Cyclicity in the Phrasal Phonology of KiVunjo Chaga: McHugh


Title: Cyclicity in the Phrasal Phonology of KiVunjo Chaga Series Title: LINCOM Studies in African Linguistics 03 Published: 2006 Publisher: Lincom GmbH
                http://www.lincom.eu

Author: Brian McHugh Loose Leaf: ISBN: 3895860425 Pages: 240 Price: Europe EURO 78.00
Abstract:

This work is a pre-OT study of cyclicity and suprasegmentals in the phrasal(postlexical) phonology of KiVunjo Chaga, a Bantu language of Tanzania. Init, my primary aim is to lend support to Prosodic Hierarchy theory, withone controversial modification: cyclic application of phrasing- sensitiverules. My empirical base consists of the elaborate KiVunjo Chaga tonesandhi paradigm, which reflects not only a full range of lexical tonecontrasts ("etymological tone", in Bantuist parlance), but also a variable,metrically assigned accent that attracts phrase-final boundary tonefeatures, with the result that the underlying tonal inventory of high andlow is enriched to include superhigh, downstepped high, and downsteppedsuperhigh tones.

In addition, an across-the-board, phrase-level tone shift contributes tothe complexity of this paradigm (and to the argument for cyclicity) byintroducing contour tones in domain-final position. In analyzing themechanics of phrasal tone-accent rules in KiVunjo Chaga, the author alsoargues for (a) underspecification of tone features and (b) a hierarchicalrepresentation of tone and accent as daughters of a single suprasegmentalroot tier, which serves the dual function of providing tone-bearing unitsand bottom-line grid marks for accent and stress.

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
Subject Language(s): Vunjo (vun)
Written In: English (eng )

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