Tone in Yongning Na: Lexical tones and morphotonology
"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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Language Science Press
2017.
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| Colección: | Open Research Library ebooks.
Studies in Diversity Linguisitics ; volume 13. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45874372*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and conventions
- For quick reference: lexical tones and main tone rules
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The lexical tones of nouns
- 3. Compund nouns
- 4. Classifiers
- 5. Combination of nouns with grammatical elements
- 6. Verbs and their combinatory properties
- 7. Tone assignment rules and the division of utterances into tone groups
- 8. From surface phonological tone to phonetic realization
- 9. Yongning Na tones in dynamic-synchronic perspective
- 10. Typological perspectives
- 11. Yongning Na in its areal context
- 12. Conclusion
- Appendix A: vowels and consonants
- Appendix B: Historical and ethnological perspectives
- References
- Index.
