Verbal Tone Patterns in West African Languages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2811402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ida C Ward (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1948 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 831-837 |
| Publication date | 1948-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00083403 |
| OpenAlex | W2025595905 |
| Language | EN |
Tonal analysis has revealed many functions, grammatical as well as semantic, which tone performs in West African languages. Here we confine ourselves to one aspect, the incidence of tone in verbs, and in particular we examine the tonal patterns of verbal forms
Languages of Africa · Linguistics · Semantics (computer science) · Tone (literature) · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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