The features and geometry of tone in Laal

IF 0.7 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Florian Lionnet
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Abstract

Features are standard in segmental analysis but have been less successfully applied to tone. Subtonal features have even been argued to be less satisfactory for the representation of African tone than tonal primitives such as H, M, L (Hyman 2010; Clements et al. 2010). I argue that the two-feature system of Yip (1980) and Pulleyblank (1986) offers a straightforward account of the tonology of Laal, an endangered, three-tone isolate of southern Chad – in particular properties of the Mid tone that are otherwise difficult to account for, namely the avoidance of complex patterns involving M, and a pervasive M-to-L lowering process, both straightforwardly analysed as subtonal assimilation. Other tonal operations in Laal are shown to involve full-tone behaviour, justifying a tone geometry à la Snider (1999, 2020) where subtonal features are linked to a Tonal Root Node, giving tones the ability to be either fully or partially active, just like segments.

拉尔语音调的特征和几何形状
特征在分段分析中是标准的,但在音调分析中应用得不太成功。亚调性特征甚至被认为不如H、M、L等调性原语那样令人满意(Hyman 2010;克莱门茨等人,2010)。我认为Yip(1980)和Pulleyblank(1986)的双特征系统为乍得南部濒临灭绝的三音分离的Laal的音调提供了一个直接的解释-特别是中音的特性,否则很难解释,即避免涉及M的复杂模式,以及普遍的M到l的降低过程,两者都直接分析为次音调同化。Laal中的其他音调操作被证明涉及全音调行为,证明了音调几何(la Snider(1999,2020)),其中次音调特征与音调根节点相关联,使音调能够完全或部分活跃,就像片段一样。
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Phonology
Phonology Multiple-
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期刊介绍: Phonology, published three times a year, is the only journal devoted exclusively to the discipline, and provides a unique forum for the productive interchange of ideas among phonologists and those working in related disciplines. Preference is given to papers which make a substantial theoretical contribution, irrespective of the particular theoretical framework employed, but the submission of papers presenting new empirical data of general theoretical interest is also encouraged. The journal carries research articles, as well as book reviews and shorter pieces on topics of current controversy within phonology.
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