22.4763, Qs: Noun root melodies associating to whole words

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Subject: 22.4763, Qs: Noun root melodies associating to whole words

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Date: 29-Nov-2011
From: Dave Roberts [rbrdvd at gmail.com]
Subject: Noun root melodies associating to whole words


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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:30:32
From: Dave Roberts [rbrdvd at gmail.com]
Subject: Noun root melodies associating to whole words

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In Kabiye (Gur, Togo), I analyse noun class suffixes as being toneless. 
The suffix receives its tone as the noun root melody associates to the 
whole word.

>From discussions with several colleagues, I understand that this is a fairly 
widespread phenomenon in African, Amazonian and Asian tonal 
languages, but I am interested in published references supporting this. 
Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance,
Dave Roberts 

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology





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