Syllable Weight in African Languages

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Intro
SYLLABLE WEIGHT IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Notes on contributors
Introduction
References
Chapter 1. Syllable weight as a phonological variable
1. Introduction
2. The concept of syllable weight
3. Syllable weight illustrated outside of Chadic
4. Syllable weight in Chadic
4.1 Bole (Newman, unpublished field notes
Lukas (1970/71
[also Gimba & Schuh (2015)])
4.2 Kanakuru (according to Newman 1974)
4.3 Hausa [Newman (2000)]
5. Summary and conclusions
References [original 1972]
References [added 2017]
Chapter 2. Syllable weight: A typological and theoretical overview
1. Introduction
2. Typology of weight-sensitive phenomena
3. Phonological representations of weight
4. The typology of weight criteria
5. The process specificity of weight
6. Final vs. non-final weight asymmetries
7. Relationship between the phonology and phonetics of weight
8. Onset weight
9. Conclusion
References
Chapter 3. Syllable weight and morphophonologically induced resyllabification in Maghrebi Arabic
1. Introduction
2. Synchronic analyses
2.1 Zero is primary, schwa is epenthetic
2.2 Schwa is primary, zero results from deletion
2.3 Syllable structure determines both schwa and zero
2.4 Metrical structure determines zero, dialects differ on schwa
3. The role of syllable weight
4. Diachronic analysis
5. The role of contact?
6. Conclusion
References
Chapter 4. Syllable weight in Amharic
1. Introduction
2. Phonological background of Amharic
3. Amharic stress
3.1 The basic stress pattern
3.2 Geminates attract stress
3.3 Summarizing Amharic stress
4. Adjectival reduplication in Amharic
4.1 Previous literature on adjectival reduplication
4.2 Describing adjectival reduplication in Amharic
4.3 Reduplication summary
5. Discussion
5.1 Languages that provide evidence for geminates as inherently moraic
5.2 Languages in which CVG but not CVC syllables are heavy
5.3 Implications for theories of syllable weight
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 5. Syllabic weight in Tashlhiyt Berber
1. Preliminaries
2. The H/L distinction
2.1 Syllable weight in traditional songs
2.2 Orthometric syllabification vs. grammatical syllabification
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3. The evidence for a moraic analysis of the H/L contrast
3.1 Verse feet in 'straight' meters
3.2 Templatic plurals
References
Chapter 6. The psychological reality of syllable weight
1. The psychological reality of phonological distinctions
2. Syllable weight in Hausa
3. Implicit knowledge of syllable weight and its actualization
3.1 Performance of wedding songs by ?an Maraya Jos
3.2 Perception of syllable weight
3.3 Actualization of latent syllable weight distinctions
4. Conclusion
References
References to published poetic words cited
Chapter 7. Syllables and syllable weight in Sara-Bagirmi languages
1. Introduction
2. Mbay
2.1 Syllables in Mbay
2.2 Distribution of syllables within morphemes
2.3 Syllabic readjustment
2.4 Tone preservation
2.5 On the origin of heavy syllables within morphemes
3. Syllables and syllable weight in other Sara languages
3.1 Syllabic readjustment in the other Sara languages
3.2 Tone preservation in the other Sara languages
3.3 Barred ? and the origin of heavy syllables
3.4 Summary
4. Syllables and syllable weight in the Sara Kaba languages
4.1 Syllables in the Sara Kaba languages
4.2 Distribution of syllables within morphemes
4.3 Closed syllables and the weak vowel
5. Syllables and syllable weight in Bagirmi languages
5.1 Syllables in Bagirmi and Kenga
5.2 Vowel dropping and closed syllables in Bagirmi
5.3 Heavy syllables in Kenga
5.4 Syllabic restructuring in Bagirmi
6. Syllable weight and vowel loss in the Sara languages
7. Conclusion
References
Chapter 8. Reduplication in Fur: Prosodic structure and sonority
1. Introduction
2. Overview of Fur
2.1 A general overview of Fur phonology
2.2 Syllable shape and sonority
3. Patterns of reduplication
3.1 Full reduplication
3.2 Partial reduplication
3.3 The seven bases of reduplication and their outputs
4. Summary and discussion of Fur lexical reduplication
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 9. Non-uniform syllable weight in Southern Kenyan Maa (Maasai)
1. Introduction
2. Southern Kenyan Maa Phonology
2.1 Consonantal phoneme inventory
2.2 Vocalic phoneme inventory
2.3 Tone
2.4 Vocalic or nucleic length contrasts
2.5 Vocalic sequences
3. Syllable weight phenomena in Southern Kenyan Maa
3.1 Syllable templates
3.2 Minimal verbal root requirements
3.3 Contour tones and the TBU
3.4 Summary
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 10. Syllable weight in the phonology of Pulaar
1. Introduction
2. Syllable weight and syllable prominence in Fula
2.1 Arnott's account of Gombe Fulfulde
2.2 McIntosh's account of Kaceccereere Fulfulde
2.3 Breedveld's account of Maasinankoore Fulfulde
2.4 Diallo's account of Fuuta Jaloo Pular
2.5 Niang's account of Mauritanian Fuutankoore Pulaar
2.6 Summary
3. Syllable prominence in Senegalese Fuutankoore Pulaar
3.1 Methodology
3.2 Results
4. Syllable weight in other phonological processes
4.1 Reduplication
4.2 Compensatory lengthening
4.3 Minimal word constraint
5. Summary and conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix. Words recorded for phonetic analysis
Word list 1
Word list 2
Chapter 11. Syllable weight and tonal patterning in Kusaal: A Moraic perspective
1. Introduction
2. The Syllable/Mora dichotomy
2.1 Syllable types and structures within a moraic representation
3. Tone in Kusaal
3.1 Tone bearing ability
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
References
Chapter 12. Syllable weight and tone in Mara Bantu languages
1. Introduction
2. Ikoma-Nata-Isenye and Ngoreme
3. Segmental structure of nouns and verbs
4. Syllable structure
5. Tone
6. Ikoma
6.1 H on the 2nd syllable of the macrostem
6.2 H on the final syllable
7. Isenye
8. Nata
9. Ngoreme
10. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
References
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