Intonation in African tone languages

This volume brings together two under-investigated areas of intonation typology. While tone languages make up to 70 percent of the world’s languages, only few have been explored for intonation. And even though one third of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa, and most sub-Saharan languages ar...

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Main Author: Downing, Laura J. ([Hrsg.])
Other Authors: Rialland, Annie ([Hrsg.])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Boston De Gruyter Mouton 2017, 2017
Series:Phonology and Phonetics
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This volume brings together two under-investigated areas of intonation typology. While tone languages make up to 70 percent of the world’s languages, only few have been explored for intonation. And even though one third of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa, and most sub-Saharan languages are tone languages, recent collections on tone and intonation typology have almost entirely ignored African languages. This book aims to fill this gap.
Physical Description:VI, 442 Seiten
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ISBN:978-3-11-048479-3