The Interaction of Tone With Voicing and Foot Structure - Evidence from Kera Phonetics and Phonology

Zusammenfassung Investigates the topics of tone, vowel harmony, and metrical structure, with special reference to Kera, a Chadic language spoken in Chad and Cameroon. Drawing on a decade of experience living and working with the Kera, the author looks at the phonetics and phonology to examine how tone interacts with the vowel quality and rhythm of the language.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mary Pearce, Mary D. Pearce
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.10.2011
• EAN: 9781575866086
• ISBN: 978-1-57586-608-6
• Pages: 440
• Thèmes: Center for the Study of Langua; Stanford Monographs in African Languages; Center for the Study of Langua; Stanford Monographs in African Language
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée