Abstract : The description and understanding of tonality, as a feature of most languages in Black Africa, have noticeably improved in the last decades. The more precise aim of the present paper is to show, with the example of a language group of central Africa, that tones may be submitted, like consonants and vowels, to a comparative-historical approach. In propitious circumstances they are able not only to strengthen the genetic unity of a linguistic family but even to throw some light on the history of its internal movements.RÉSUMÉ : La description et la compréhension des faits de tonalité, qui caractérisent la grande majorité des langues d'Afrique noire, ont fait des progrès sensibles dans les dernières décennies. La présente contributio...
Abstract : Tone is a suprasegmental entity used to distinguish lexical unities. In a tone language, ...
This is an annotated introductory bibliography for African languages and linguistics, attempting to ...
International audienceThis paper reexamines the tonology of four "Bamileke" (Mbam-Nkam) languages of...
Abstract : Bantu languages have proved a good testing ground for tonal theories, due to their divers...
Abstract : Bantu languages have proved a good testing ground for tonal theories, due to their divers...
Abstract : First of all we insist on the fragility of the classifications due to the fact that time ...
Abstract : First of all we insist on the fragility of the classifications due to the fact that time ...
Classification historique et voies d'expansion des langues sara-bongo-baguirmiennes (soudanique cent...
Classification historique et voies d'expansion des langues sara-bongo-baguirmiennes (soudanique cent...
Classification historique et voies d'expansion des langues sara-bongo-baguirmiennes (soudanique cent...
This paper provides evidence of strong typological similarities between the tonal systems of Papiame...
This paper provides evidence of strong typological similarities between the tonal systems of Papiame...
Cette étude décrit le ngangela (langue bantu classée K12B par Guthrie) de Menongue à travers l'analy...
This thesis is a linguistic study that combines synchronic approach and diachronic perspectives. It ...
Abstract : Tone is a suprasegmental entity used to distinguish lexical unities. In a tone language, ...
Abstract : Tone is a suprasegmental entity used to distinguish lexical unities. In a tone language, ...
This is an annotated introductory bibliography for African languages and linguistics, attempting to ...
International audienceThis paper reexamines the tonology of four "Bamileke" (Mbam-Nkam) languages of...
Abstract : Bantu languages have proved a good testing ground for tonal theories, due to their divers...
Abstract : Bantu languages have proved a good testing ground for tonal theories, due to their divers...
Abstract : First of all we insist on the fragility of the classifications due to the fact that time ...
Abstract : First of all we insist on the fragility of the classifications due to the fact that time ...
Classification historique et voies d'expansion des langues sara-bongo-baguirmiennes (soudanique cent...
Classification historique et voies d'expansion des langues sara-bongo-baguirmiennes (soudanique cent...
Classification historique et voies d'expansion des langues sara-bongo-baguirmiennes (soudanique cent...
This paper provides evidence of strong typological similarities between the tonal systems of Papiame...
This paper provides evidence of strong typological similarities between the tonal systems of Papiame...
Cette étude décrit le ngangela (langue bantu classée K12B par Guthrie) de Menongue à travers l'analy...
This thesis is a linguistic study that combines synchronic approach and diachronic perspectives. It ...
Abstract : Tone is a suprasegmental entity used to distinguish lexical unities. In a tone language, ...
Abstract : Tone is a suprasegmental entity used to distinguish lexical unities. In a tone language, ...
This is an annotated introductory bibliography for African languages and linguistics, attempting to ...
International audienceThis paper reexamines the tonology of four "Bamileke" (Mbam-Nkam) languages of...