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dc.contributor.authorDevos, M.
dc.contributor.authorCalawia, S.
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-14T13:15:22Z
dc.date.available2024-03-14T13:15:22Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/12014
dc.descriptionThis paper describes the verb tone system of Mwani as spoken on Ibo island, Mozambique. It shows that tone is not lexically distinctive with verbs. Instead one of three melodic patterns is assigned based on inflectional criteria. The melodic H tones interact with underlying H tones of subject prefixes and macro-stem initial prefixes (i.e., object prefixes or the distal marker -ka-) but not with other prefixal H tones.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleMwani verb tone
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiLanguages and Literature
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeCulture & Society
dc.source.titleAfricana Linguistica
dc.source.volume23
dc.source.page167-214
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.rmca5301


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