28.3448, Books: The Phonology of Chichewa: Downing, Mtenje
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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:42:18
From: Celine Aenlle-Rocha [Celine.Aenlle-Rocha at oup.com]
Subject: The Phonology of Chichewa: Downing, Mtenje
Title: The Phonology of Chichewa
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Oxford University Press
http://www.oup.com/us
Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-phonology-of-chichewa-9780198724742
Author: Laura J. Downing
Author: Al Mtenje
Hardback: ISBN: 9780198724742 Pages: 208 Price: U.S. $ 90.00
Abstract:
This book provides thorough descriptive and theory-neutral coverage of the
full range of phonological phenomena of Chichewa, a Malawian Bantu language.
Bantu languages have played and continue to play an important role as a source
of data illustrating core phonological processes such as vowel harmony, nasal
place assimilation, postnasal laryngeal alternations, tonal phenomena such as
High tone spread and the OCP, prosodic morphology, and the phonology-syntax
interface. Chichewa, in particular, has been a key language in the development
of theoretical approaches to these phenomena. In this volume, Laura Downing
and Al Mtenje examine not only these well-known features of Chichewa but also
less well-studied phonological topics such as positional asymmetries in the
distribution of segments, the phonetics of tone, and intonation. They survey
important recent theoretical approaches to phonological problems such as focus
prosody, reduplication, and vowel harmony, where Chichewa data is routinely
referred to in the literature. The book will serve as a resource for all
phonologists interested in these processes, regardless of their theoretical
background, as well as Bantu scholars and linguists working on interface
issues.
Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
Phonetics
Phonology
Syntax
Typology
Subject Language(s): Nyanja (nya)
Written In: English (eng)
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