This paper offers an overview of verbal tone melodies within Luyia, a cluster of Bantu languages spoken in Kenya and Uganda. Luyia tone is diverse, possessing three types of verbal tonal systems : ‘ conservative’, ‘ predictable’, and ‘ reversive’. We illustrate the general tonal characteristics of each type of system with an exemplar language variety, describing the complex interactions of lexical and melodic tones.Cet article offre une vue d’ensemble des mélodies tonales verbales du luyia, groupe de langues bantu parlées au Kenya et en Ouganda. La tonologie luyia est diversifiée, et présente trois types de systèmes tonals verbaux qualifiés respectivement de «conservateur » , «prévisible » , et «réversif » . Nous illustrons les caractéristi...
Abstract : Bantu languages have proved a good testing ground for tonal theories, due to their divers...
The melodic system of Karanga Shona can largely be reduced to the addition of a H tone positioned at...
The Luyia people identify themselves as a group that uses the language Luyia. However, there are sig...
This paper offers an overview of verbal tone melodies within Luyia, a cluster of Bantu languages spo...
This dissertation is a study of the verbal tone patterns Lumarachi and Lunyala---two previously unde...
In this paper I describe the tonal melodies of Lulamogi, a small understudied language of the Lugand...
This article describes and analyses the verbal tone system of Khayo, a previously undocumented diale...
This paper describes the process of studying the notoriously complex verbal tone systems of Bantu la...
A fundamental notion of many suprasegmental theories such as Autosegmental Phonology is that of a “t...
Basaa, a Narrow Bantu language (A43) spoken in Cameroon, displays a two‑tone lexical contrast, L and...
This paper provides an overview of stem tone processes in Dibole, a Bantu C language spoken in the n...
Verbs in Orungu (Bantu B11b) are characterized by the use of melodic tones in verbal paradigms, with...
This paper explores new tonal data on the verb system of Mbadja, an Oshiwambo variety spoken in Ango...
This article illustrates the non‑melodic and melodic verb tone patterns in Jita. One finds several m...
This issue of the Working Papers consists of a single study: Elizabeth Leung's 1986 M.A. thesis, a p...
Abstract : Bantu languages have proved a good testing ground for tonal theories, due to their divers...
The melodic system of Karanga Shona can largely be reduced to the addition of a H tone positioned at...
The Luyia people identify themselves as a group that uses the language Luyia. However, there are sig...
This paper offers an overview of verbal tone melodies within Luyia, a cluster of Bantu languages spo...
This dissertation is a study of the verbal tone patterns Lumarachi and Lunyala---two previously unde...
In this paper I describe the tonal melodies of Lulamogi, a small understudied language of the Lugand...
This article describes and analyses the verbal tone system of Khayo, a previously undocumented diale...
This paper describes the process of studying the notoriously complex verbal tone systems of Bantu la...
A fundamental notion of many suprasegmental theories such as Autosegmental Phonology is that of a “t...
Basaa, a Narrow Bantu language (A43) spoken in Cameroon, displays a two‑tone lexical contrast, L and...
This paper provides an overview of stem tone processes in Dibole, a Bantu C language spoken in the n...
Verbs in Orungu (Bantu B11b) are characterized by the use of melodic tones in verbal paradigms, with...
This paper explores new tonal data on the verb system of Mbadja, an Oshiwambo variety spoken in Ango...
This article illustrates the non‑melodic and melodic verb tone patterns in Jita. One finds several m...
This issue of the Working Papers consists of a single study: Elizabeth Leung's 1986 M.A. thesis, a p...
Abstract : Bantu languages have proved a good testing ground for tonal theories, due to their divers...
The melodic system of Karanga Shona can largely be reduced to the addition of a H tone positioned at...
The Luyia people identify themselves as a group that uses the language Luyia. However, there are sig...