Nominal tonology and spreading rules in Tagbana (Fròʔò dialect)

Q2 Arts and Humanities
Annie Rialland, Yranahan Traoré, C. Féry
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Abstract

 In this article, nominal tonology of Tagbana, a Senufo language of Côte d’Ivoire is investigated. The contribution of this article is twofold as it concerns the whole tonal system, including lexical tones, sandhi tone rules, and the organisation of the prosodic hierarchy. It is shown that Tagbana has three level tones (L, M, H) and two floating tones (H) and (L). A mid tone (M) at the end of a noun is always followed by a floating tone (either H or L), which might be a historic trace left by the tone of a Class Marker. Two clusters of sandhi tonal rules are shown to play a role, called ‘Mid Replacement rules’ (RepM) and ‘Spreading rules on H & L’ (SprH&L). The domains of the sandhi tonal rules are studied in some detail, from the Minimal Prosodic Word (root + class marker), the Intermediate and Maximal Prosodic Words (nominal and adjectival compounds), the Prosodic Phrases (particularly in object + verb constructions), to the Intonational Phrase. Considering the prosodic levels above the Minimal Prosodic Word, more tonal sandhi processes are found to apply in smaller prosodic domains than in larger ones. 
Tagbana(Fråʔå方言)的名词音调学及其传播规律
本文研究了科特迪瓦塞努福语塔巴纳语的名词音调学。本文的贡献是双重的,因为它涉及整个音调系统,包括词汇音调、变调规则和韵律层次的组织。结果表明,塔巴纳有三个级别音调(L,M,H)和两个浮动音调(H)和(L)。名词结尾的中间音(M)后面总是跟着一个浮动音(H或L),这可能是类标记音留下的历史痕迹。两组变调规则发挥了作用,称为“中间替换规则”(RepM)和“H&L上的扩展规则”(SprH&L)。从最小韵律词(词根+类标记)、中间和最大韵律词(名词和形容词复合词)、韵律短语(特别是宾语+动词结构)到语调短语,对变调音调规则的各个领域进行了较为详细的研究。考虑到最小韵律词以上的韵律水平,发现在较小的韵律域中比在较大的韵律域应用更多的音调变调过程。
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Studies in African Linguistics
Studies in African Linguistics Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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