The Tonal System of Igbo

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Tonal System of Igbo

Mary M. Clark(Author)

De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)

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Published on 20. September 2011

XI, 323 pages

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Intro
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Overview
2. An Introduction to Igbo
2.1. Syntax
2.2. Morphology
2.3. Phonology
Notes to Chapter 1
Chapter 2: THE NATURE OF THE TONAL REPRESENTATION
1. The Separation of the Tonal and non-Tonal Features
2. Underspecification in Underlying Representation
2.1. The Underlying Representation
2.2. Default Tone Assignment
2.3. Assignment of Tone by Tonal Affixes
2.4. A Comparison with Previous Analyses
2.5. Potential Problems
3. The Phonological Representation of Downstep
3.1. The Distribution of Downstep
3.2. The Rule of H Deletion
3.3. Downstep and Downdrift
3.4. A Comparison with Other analyses
4. Conclusion
5. Rule Summary
Notes to Chapter 2
Chapter 3: THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LEXICAL PHONOLOGY
1. Introduction
2. Cyclicity
3. The Word Level
4. The Root and Stem Levels
4.1. The Argument from Morphological Ordering
4.2. The Argument from ATR Harmony
4.3. Palatalization
5. The Organization of the Lexical Phonology
6. Strict Cyclicity
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Strict Cyclicity in Reduplicated Nouns
7. Rule Ordering
7.1. Ordering Relationships That Follow from the Level Ordering
7.2. Ordering Relationships That Follow from the Cyclical Application of Rules
7.3. Ordering That Follows from a "Feeding" Relationship Between Rules
7.4. Ordering by the Elsewhere Condition
7.5. Positive Advantages of Free Ordering Within the Level
8. Conclusion
9. Rule Summary
Notes to Chapter 3
Chapter 4: THE PHRASAL PHONOLOGY
1. Introduction
2. Two Phrasal Levels
2.1. H Deletion
2.2. Vowel Assimilation
2.3. Phrase Level I and Phrase Level II
2.4. Falling Contour Simplification
2.5. Middle H Deletion
3. he Role of Syntactic Structure in the Postlexical Phonology
3.1. Syntactic Structure in Phonological Rules
3.2. The Branching Condition
4. The Role of Prosodic Structure in the Phrasal Phonology
4.1. Intonational Phrasing
4.2. The Lack of Evidence for Other Levels of Prosodic Structure
5. Coalescence and Syllable Shortening
5.1. Coalescence
5.2. Feature Sharing and Long Syllable Shortening
6. On Conditions of the Form "X is Unspecified for [F]"
7. Conclusion
8. Rule Summary
Notes to Chapter 4
Chapter 5: VERBS AND VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS
1. Introduction
2. The Inflectional Morphology of the Verb
2.1. The Inflectional Affixes
2.2. The Assignment of Inflectional Features
3. The Tonal Melody of the Verb
4. The [+ASSERTIVE] INFL Particle
5. The Tonal Alternation in the NP That Follows the Verb
6. The Subject Prefixes
7. The Relative Clause Forms
8. The "Question" Forms
9. The Sequential Forms
10. Auxiliary Verbs
11. The Structure of INFL
12. Conclusion
Notes to Chapter 5
Chapter 6: THE LEXICAL PHONOLOGY OF NOUNS
1. Morphology
2. The Tonology of Nouns with Monosyllabic Roots
3. Polysyllabic Nouns
3.1. Nouns Formed by the Lexicalization of Phrases
3.2. Nouns Formed from Compound Verb Stems
3.3. Nouns Formed by Reduplication
3.4. Nouns Formed with the Nominalizing Suffix -lV or -rV
3.5. Nouns Formed by Compounding
4. Conclusion
Notes to Chapter 6
Chapter 7: THE ASSOCIATIVE CONSTRUCTION
1. Introduction
2. The Syntactic Status of the Associative Particle
3. The Phonological Effects of the Associative Particle
3.1. The Associative Forms of Nouns with Monosyllabic Stems
3.2. Associative Marking in Polysyllabic Nouns
3.3. Associative Marking in Nouns that Begin with Geminate Nasals
3.4. Agentives and Personal Name Possessives
3.5. Cardinal Numerals
3.6. Monosyllabic Possessive Pronouns
4. Conclusion
Notes to Chapter 7
Chapter 8: CONCLUSION
Notes to Chapter 8
Appendix I: Maps
Appendix II: Summary of Principles
Appendix III: Summary of Rules
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