Tone in Yongning Na: Lexical tones and morphotonology

Tone in Yongning Na: Lexical tones and morphotonology

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"Yongning Na, also known as Mosuo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Southwest China. This book provides a description and analysis of its tone system, progressing from lexical tones towards morphotonology. Tonal changes permeate numerous aspects of the morphosyntax of Yongning Na. They are...

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Main Author: Michaud, Alexis (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Language Science Press 2017
Series:Studies in Diversity Linguisitics
Subjects:
linguistics
diversity of porsodic systems
lexical tones
morphotonology
sino-tibetian languages
tone system
endangered languages
Intonation (linguistics)
Morpheme
Nakhi people
Noun
Phonetics
Phonology
Syllable
Tone (linguistics)
Verb
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Summary:"Yongning Na, also known as Mosuo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Southwest China. This book provides a description and analysis of its tone system, progressing from lexical tones towards morphotonology. Tonal changes permeate numerous aspects of the morphosyntax of Yongning Na. They are not the product of a small set of phonological rules, but of a host of rules that are restricted to specific morphosyntactic contexts. Rich morphotonological systems have been reported in this area of Sino-Tibetan, but book-length descriptions remain few. This study of an endangered language contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of prosodic systems in East Asia. The analysis is based on original fieldwork data (made available online), collected over the course of ten years, commencing in 2006."
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (573 p.)
ISBN:zenodo.439004
9783946234876;9783946234685
Access:Open Access

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