High tone in Moro
Effects of prosodic categories and morphological domains
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11292545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Jenks (0000-0002-1329-9158, Harvard University, corresponding author), Sharon Rose (University of California San Diego) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 211-250 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-806X • E-ISSN: 1573-0859 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11049-011-9120-x |
| OpenAlex | W2022418834 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper presents a description and analysis of the tonal system of Moro, a Kordofanian language of Sudan, showing that the distribution of H(igh) tone is sensitive to a number of morphological and prosodic factors. First, we demonstrate that the distribution of H on nouns is sensitive to the OCP, both within roots and with affixes. Nouns also exhibit lexical distinctions between forms that exhibit unbounded rightward spreading of H and those that show no spreading. We model this distinction using cophonologies. While the distribution of H on Moro verb stems bears some similarities to nouns, crucial differences emerge. Rightward H tone spreading is binary on verbs, and sensitive to the weight of the syllable in terms of both the presence of an onset and a coda. We model this effect as H tone spreading within a binary foot. Furthermore, unlike nouns, underlying representations play little role in the distribution of H on verb roots. H tone is predictably distributed within a morphological category, the derived stem (D-stem), similar to a constituent recognized in Bantu languages (e.g. Downing 2000 ). Finally, we analyze competition between H associated with the D-stem and H associated with affixes. This H tone competition is an OCP-driven effect occurring within the macrostem
Bantu languages · Linguistics · Noun · Syllable · Verb · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Speech Recognition and Synthesis
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |