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oapen-20.500.12657-313232021-11-12T16:22:53Z Tone in Yongning Na: Lexical tones and morphotonology Michaud, Alexis diversity of porsodic systems lexical tones morphotonology sino-tibetian languages tone system endangered languages Intonation (linguistics) Morpheme Nakhi people Noun Phonetics Phonology Syllable Tone (linguistics) Verb bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics "Yongning Na, also known as Mosuo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Southwest China. This book provides a description and analysis of its tone system, progressing from lexical tones towards morphotonology. Tonal changes permeate numerous aspects of the morphosyntax of Yongning Na. They are not the product of a small set of phonological rules, but of a host of rules that are restricted to specific morphosyntactic contexts. Rich morphotonological systems have been reported in this area of Sino-Tibetan, but book-length descriptions remain few. This study of an endangered language contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of prosodic systems in East Asia. The analysis is based on original fieldwork data (made available online), collected over the course of ten years, commencing in 2006." 2017-05-01 23:55:55 2018-12-12 10:19:03 2020-04-01T13:30:58Z 2020-04-01T13:30:58Z 2017 book 631271 OCN: 1030819733 9783946234876;9783946234685 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31323 eng Studies in Diversity Linguisitics application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 631271.pdf http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/109 Language Science Press 10.5281/zenodo.439004 10.5281/zenodo.439004 0bad921f-3055-43b9-a9f1-ea5b2d949173 9783946234876;9783946234685 13 573 open access
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"Yongning Na, also known as Mosuo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Southwest China. This book provides a description and analysis of its tone system, progressing from lexical tones towards morphotonology. Tonal changes permeate numerous aspects of the morphosyntax of Yongning Na. They are not the product of a small set of phonological rules, but of a host of rules that are restricted to specific morphosyntactic contexts. Rich morphotonological systems have been reported in this area of Sino-Tibetan, but book-length descriptions remain few. This study of an endangered language contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of prosodic systems in East Asia. The analysis is based on original fieldwork data (made available online), collected over the course of ten years, commencing in 2006."
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