The foot domain in Bambara

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2959902
AutoresChristopher R Green (0000-0002-9279-0649, University of Maryland, College Park, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen91
Número1
Páginase1-e26
Fecha de publicación2015-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.2015.0009
OpenAlexW2086469757
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas16

Recent research has shed new light on the role and characteristics of prosodic domains, including segmental and tonal feet, in an array of languages. This research extends to African languages, but much work remains to be done. Tonal African languages are particularly problematic, as correlates of stress or metrical prominence are often not well defined or are absent altogether. In addition, descriptive work may omit details of the structure and function of prosodic domains. An exception to this is Bambara, where research implicates a pivotal role for foot structure in segmental and tonal processes. These processes reference a foot domain; however, there are conflicting accounts of certain defining characteristics of its structure. This article aims to challenge two long-held claims about Bambara prosodic structure. The data presented support a claim that all Bambara feet are uniformly trochaic and parsed from left to right in all instances. I intend to illustrate that Bambara segmental and tonal feet are a single, structurally unified prosodic entity

Biology · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Domain (mathematical analysis) · Foot (prosody) · Function (biology) · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Parsing · Stress (linguistics) · Computer Science · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology