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Tone and inflection : new facts and new perspectives / edited by Enrique L. Palancar and Jean L�eo L�eonard.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Trends in linguistics. State-of-the-art report ; ; 296.Publisher: Berlin : Mouton De Gruyter, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (vi, 342 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110452754
  • 3110452758
  • 9783110452761
  • 3110452766
  • 9783110450361
  • 3110450364
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tone and inflection.DDC classification:
  • 415.92 23
LOC classification:
  • P251 .T66 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- 1. Tone and inflection: An introduction -- Part 1: Tone and inflection: General questions with a focus on inflectional tonogenesis -- 2. Morphological tonal assignments in conflict: Who wins? -- 3. Tonogenesis and tonal alternations in Khaling -- 4. Tonal inflection in Mian -- 5. Tonal inflection in Mande languages: The cases of Bamana and Dan-Gwɛɛtaa -- Part 2: Tone and inflection: Insights from the Oto-Manguean languages -- 6. A typology of tone and inflection: A view from the Oto-Manguean languages of Mexico -- 7. Tone and inflection in Zenzontepec Chatino -- 8. Tonal inflection and dialectal variation in Mazatec -- 9. Tonal overwriting and inflectional exponence in Amuzgo -- 10. Abstract and concrete tonal classes in Itunyoso Triqui person morphology -- 11. Tracing the emergence of inflectional tone in Cuicatec -- 12. Verbal inflection in Yolox�ochitl Mixtec -- Subject Index -- Language index
Summary: Tone is about melody and meaning, inflection is about grammar, and this book is about a bit of both by studying complex ways in which the tones of a given language engage in the expression of grammatical meaning. The book includes chapters on both general issues concerning tone and inflection as well as case studies on lesser known languages of Asia, Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Mesoamerica, with a special focus on the Oto-Manguean languages.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- 1. Tone and inflection: An introduction -- Part 1: Tone and inflection: General questions with a focus on inflectional tonogenesis -- 2. Morphological tonal assignments in conflict: Who wins? -- 3. Tonogenesis and tonal alternations in Khaling -- 4. Tonal inflection in Mian -- 5. Tonal inflection in Mande languages: The cases of Bamana and Dan-Gwɛɛtaa -- Part 2: Tone and inflection: Insights from the Oto-Manguean languages -- 6. A typology of tone and inflection: A view from the Oto-Manguean languages of Mexico -- 7. Tone and inflection in Zenzontepec Chatino -- 8. Tonal inflection and dialectal variation in Mazatec -- 9. Tonal overwriting and inflectional exponence in Amuzgo -- 10. Abstract and concrete tonal classes in Itunyoso Triqui person morphology -- 11. Tracing the emergence of inflectional tone in Cuicatec -- 12. Verbal inflection in Yolox�ochitl Mixtec -- Subject Index -- Language index

Tone is about melody and meaning, inflection is about grammar, and this book is about a bit of both by studying complex ways in which the tones of a given language engage in the expression of grammatical meaning. The book includes chapters on both general issues concerning tone and inflection as well as case studies on lesser known languages of Asia, Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Mesoamerica, with a special focus on the Oto-Manguean languages.

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