Proto Kikongo和Proto Bantu的进行元音高度和谐

IF 0.4 4区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-07-26 DOI:10.1515/jall-2019-0003

H. Goes, K. Bostoen

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摘要

摘要通过对基孔戈语群（KLC）内不同类型的渐进元音高度和谐性（pVHH）的系统比较，得出了这样的结论：这种常见的班图语远距离同化过程不能重建为原始基孔戈语。“（a）对称pVHH”和“背pVHH’模式是KLC中两种主要的、结构不同的pVHH，分别在两个不同的亚群中独立且相对较晚地出现，即南基孔戈和北基孔戈。此外，“（a）对称pVHH”模式通过接触诱导的方言扩散，从与孔戈王国中心地带重合的南基孔戈震源区进一步传播到KLC的其他地区。此外，来自KLC的历史比较证据表明，对称或不对称pVHH都不应重建为所有班图语的最新共同祖先——原班图语。

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Progressive vowel height harmony in Proto-Kikongo and Proto-Bantu

Abstract The systematic comparison of the different types of progressive Vowel Height Harmony (pVHH) attested within the Kikongo Language Cluster (KLC) leads to the conclusion that this common Bantu process of long-distance assimilation cannot be reconstructed to Proto-Kikongo. The ‘(a)symmetric-pVHH’ and ‘back-pVHH’ patterns, the two main and structurally different kinds of pVHH within the KLC, emerged independently and relatively late within two distinct subgroups, viz. South Kikongo and North Kikongo respectively. Moreover, the ‘(a)symmetric-pVHH’ pattern further spread from a South Kikongo focal area coinciding with the heartland of the Kongo kingdom to other parts of the KLC through contact-induced dialectal diffusion. Furthermore, the historical-comparative evidence from the KLC suggests that neither symmetric nor asymmetric pVHH should be reconstructed to Proto-Bantu, the most recent common ancestor of all Bantu languages.

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期刊介绍： The Journal of African Languages and Linguistics was founded in 1979 and has established itself as an important refereed forum for publications in African linguistics. The Journal of African Languages and Linguistics welcomes original contributions on all aspects of African language studies, synchronic as well as diachronic, theoretical as well as data-oriented. The journal further contains a list of recently published books on African languages and linguistics, which many libraries find to be of use for the acquisition of books. The Journal of African Languages and Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope.