CiNii Books - African linguistics : essays in memory of M.W.K. Semikenke

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African linguistics : essays in memory of M.W.K. Semikenke

edited by Didier L. Goyvaerts

（Studies in the sciences of language series, 6）

J. Benjamins, 1985

Includes bibliographical references

Description

This volume presents papers on issues in African linguistics, covering a variety of African languages and ranging from phonology to lexicology.

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. Obituary
3. Table of Contents
4. On the 'compound' tone in Migaama (by Abdoullaye, D.)
5. Verbal Agreement as a noncyclic rule in Bantu (by Bokamba, Eyamba G.)
6. Akan vowel harmony: a nonlinear analysis (by Clements, G. Nick)
7. Tons et accents en Kinyarwanda (by Furere, R.)
8. On tone in Sukuma (by Goldsmith, John A.)
9. L'expression du passif en Maninka (by Gregoire, Claire)
10. The autosegmental and metrical nature of tone terracing (by Huang, C.-T. James)
11. Globality in the Kinande tone system (by Hyman, Larry M.)
12. Le mot chomage et ses implications socio-politiques dans la Voix du Congolais (by Kadima-Tshimanga, B.)
13. A nonlinear account of the syllable in Luganda (by Katamba, Francis X.)
14. On the syllable structure of certain West African languages (by Kaye, J.)
15. On junction in two Kisiu nasal classes (by Kelly, J.)
16. The phonology of state in Kabyle Berber (by Kenstowicz, Michael)
17. On the correspondene between linguistic tone and musical melody (by Leben, William R.)
18. An accentual approach to tone in Kimatuumbi (by Odden, D.)
19. A lexical treatment of tone in Tiv (by Pulleyblank, Douglas)
20. Swahili quasi-passives
the question of context (by Russell, Joan)
21. The status of lexical associations and the obligatory contour principle in the analysis of tone languages (by Singler, John Victor)

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