International audienceThis paper reexamines the tonology of four "Bamileke" (Mbam-Nkam) languages of Cameroon, Dschang, Ghomala', Ngamambo, and Mankon. It develops an analysis in terms of tone features, both distinctive and nondistinctive. This approach is an viable alternative to analyses which rely on undecomposable tone units, among them the autosegmental approach.Cet article reprend les analyses tonologiques de quatres langues "bamiléké" (Mbam-Nkam) du Cameroun, le dschang, le ghomala', le ngamambo et le mankon, en appliquant une description en termes de traits tonals, tant distinctifs que non distinctifs. Ce traitement constitue une alternative à des analyses qui opèrent avec des unités tonales indécomposables, entre autres, l'approche...
This paper expands the descriptive study of tone in the Makonde dialects, started in Odden [1990], b...
The language varieties examined in this study are Zambian Chicewa, Chinsenga and Chingoni (abbreviat...
Abstract : The description and understanding of tonality, as a feature of most languages in Black Af...
International audienceThis paper reexamines the tonology of four "Bamileke" (Mbam-Nkam) languages of...
This paper describes the process of studying the notoriously complex verbal tone systems of Bantu la...
A study examined the tonal patterns in Komo, a sub-Bantu language of about 200,000 speakers in Zaire...
International audienceSingular and plural noun roots in Grassfields Bantu languages may have differe...
Basaa, a Narrow Bantu language (A43) spoken in Cameroon, displays a two‑tone lexical contrast, L and...
In this study, I examine the occurrence of the surface Mid (M) and downstepped High (↓H) tone in Bab...
In Babanki, a Grassfields Bantu language of northwestern Cameroon, several tonal patterns can be fou...
This paper compares the nominal tone systems of three Bantu language varieties, Ikoma, Nata, and Ise...
This paper offers an overview of verbal tone melodies within Luyia, a cluster of Bantu languages spo...
In this paper, I examine the advantages and shortcomings of two different methods of tonal analysis;...
This dissertation is a study of the verbal tone patterns Lumarachi and Lunyala---two previously unde...
International audienceThe Bamana (Bambara) tonal system is characterized by two levels with a downdr...
This paper expands the descriptive study of tone in the Makonde dialects, started in Odden [1990], b...
The language varieties examined in this study are Zambian Chicewa, Chinsenga and Chingoni (abbreviat...
Abstract : The description and understanding of tonality, as a feature of most languages in Black Af...
International audienceThis paper reexamines the tonology of four "Bamileke" (Mbam-Nkam) languages of...
This paper describes the process of studying the notoriously complex verbal tone systems of Bantu la...
A study examined the tonal patterns in Komo, a sub-Bantu language of about 200,000 speakers in Zaire...
International audienceSingular and plural noun roots in Grassfields Bantu languages may have differe...
Basaa, a Narrow Bantu language (A43) spoken in Cameroon, displays a two‑tone lexical contrast, L and...
In this study, I examine the occurrence of the surface Mid (M) and downstepped High (↓H) tone in Bab...
In Babanki, a Grassfields Bantu language of northwestern Cameroon, several tonal patterns can be fou...
This paper compares the nominal tone systems of three Bantu language varieties, Ikoma, Nata, and Ise...
This paper offers an overview of verbal tone melodies within Luyia, a cluster of Bantu languages spo...
In this paper, I examine the advantages and shortcomings of two different methods of tonal analysis;...
This dissertation is a study of the verbal tone patterns Lumarachi and Lunyala---two previously unde...
International audienceThe Bamana (Bambara) tonal system is characterized by two levels with a downdr...
This paper expands the descriptive study of tone in the Makonde dialects, started in Odden [1990], b...
The language varieties examined in this study are Zambian Chicewa, Chinsenga and Chingoni (abbreviat...
Abstract : The description and understanding of tonality, as a feature of most languages in Black Af...