Intonation in African Tone Languages

by Laura J. Downing (Editor), Annie Rialland (Editor)

Overview

This volume brings together two under-investigated areas of intonation typology. While tone languages make up to 70 percent of the world’s languages, only few have been explored for intonation. And even though one third of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa, and most sub-Saharan languages are tone languages, recent collections on tone and intonation typology have almost entirely ignored African languages. This book aims to fill this gap.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110484793
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	11/07/2016
Series:	Phonology and Phonetics [PP] , #24
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Laura Downing, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Annie Rialland, CNRS, Paris, France.

Table of Contents

Introduction Laura J. Downing Annie Rialland 1

I Northern Africa

Intonation in the Thetogovela dialect of Mora Sharon Rose Page Piccinini 19

II Western Africa

Konni intonation Michael Cahill 53

Tone and Intonation in Akan Frank Kügler 89

Tone and intonation in Mambila Bruce Connell 131

Aspects of the into nation a I phonology of Bàsàá Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso Fatima Hamlaoui Seunghun J. Lee 167

How intonations interact with tones in Embosi (Bantu C25), a two-tone language without down drift Annie Rialland Martial Embanga Aborobongui 195

III Eastern Africa

Chimlini intonation Charles W. Kisseberth 225

Tone and intonation in Shingazidja Cédric Patin 285

IV Eastern Central and Southern Africa

Intonation in Bemba Nancy C. Kula Silke Hamann 323

Tone and intonation in Chichewa and Tumbuka Laura J. Downing 365

Sentence intonation in Tswana (Sotho-Tswana group) Sabine Zerbian 393

Notes on contributors 435

Index 439