Phonetic Features

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface and Acknowledgements VII
3. Table of Contents IX
4. Tone
5. Tonal Influence on Vocalic Quality 1
6. Tone and Grammar in Akan. The Tone of Possessive Constructions in the Asante Dialect 35
7. The Analysis of Falling Tones in Ghotuọ 51
8. The Autosegmental Representation of Tones in Akan: more Evidence for the Tone Mapping Rule with Reference to Baule 63
9. The Tonal Phonology of Siya (a Central-Togo Language) and the Historical Significance of its Major Functions 79
10. Tone in the CiRuri Present Continuous 95
11. The Representation of Multiple Tone Heights 109
12. Downglide, Floating Tones and Non-WH Questions in Ga and Dangme 153
13. Contour Tones as Phonemic Primes in Grebo 175
14. The Igbo Associative and Specific Constructions 195
15. Vowel Harmony
16. The Chameleonic Vowel in the Harmonizing Prefixes of Efik 209
17. On Neutral Vowels 233
18. Vowel Harmony in Tunen 281
19. Segment Structure Rules
20. The Evaluation of Segment Structure Conditions through the Explicit Statement of their Logical Implications 297
21. A Note on Segment Inventories, Redundancy Conditions and A-Rules 307
22. Miscellaneous
23. Syllabification and Epenthesis in the Barra Dialect of Gaelic 317
24. Phonetic Features 337
25. The Development of Nasalized Vowels in the Teke Language Group (Bantu) 359