Phonological Rules and Dialect Variation: A Study of the Phonology of Lumasaaba

by Gillian Brown

Overview

Dr Brown examines the functions of different types of rules in the phonological component of a generative grammar with examples especially from Lumasaaba, a Bantu language of eastern Uganda.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521290630
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/08/1976
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Linguistics , #7
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Lost of symbols; 1. A brief introduction to Lumasaaba; 2. The model of description; 3. The rules of the phonology; 4. Phonetic realisation; 5. The dialects of Lumasaaba; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

Review of the hardback: 'The book should interest Bantuists, Africanists, dialectologists, phonologists and even those who work in the rarified air of general linguistic theory. At an Africanist level the reaction lies somewhere between high praise and wild enthusiasm. At more general theoretical levels the book is at least interesting and probably somewhat controversial … This is, I think, a superb book, valuable on many levels.' American Anthropologist

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