Tone in Sezo

Girma Mengistu Desta
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Sezo has two levels of tone — high and low. The two tones occur on mon-omoraic and bimoraic syllables (i.e. on short and long vowels). Rising (LH) and falling (HL) contour tones have been recorded occurring only on bi-moraic syllables. They are analyzed as composites of the high and low tones squeezed together on one bimoraic syllable as a result of diachronic and synchronic processes. Tone plays a very significant role in the lexicon of the language. It distinguishes lexical items. It also derives nominal stems from verbal roots. Unlike its importance in the lexicon, tone has a limited role in the grammar of the language. The only grammatical function of tone is to make a distinction between declarative and interrogative sentences. The key tonal processes in the language are downdrift, downstep, contour formation and total spreading of a high tone. Contour tones are formed through the partial spreading of a high tone over a low tone bearing unit and the re-linking of a floating high tone to an adjacent low tone bearing unit.
Sezo的语气
Sezo有高音和低音两个级别。这两个音调出现在单音节和双音节上(即短元音和长元音)。上升(LH)和下降(HL)轮廓音只出现在双音音节上。它们被分析为一个双音节上的高低音调的组合,这是历时性和共时性过程的结果。声调在语言词汇中占有非常重要的地位。它区分词汇项。它也从词根派生名义词根。不同于它在词汇中的重要性,声调在语言语法中的作用是有限的。声调的唯一语法功能是区分陈述句和疑问句。语言中的关键音调过程是下行、下行、轮廓的形成和高音的全面展开。轮廓音的形成是通过一个高音调在一个低音调承载单元上的部分扩散和一个浮动的高音调到一个相邻的低音调承载单元的重新连接。
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