1 The tonal marking of number on nominals in the Wagi dialect of Beria
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Katharina Gayler
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the tonal marking of number on nominals in the Wagi dialect of Beria (Nilo-Saharan, Sudan). The investigation is based on archive data and fieldwork taking a descriptive approach. Seven nominal tone classes of distinct tonal patterns on singular and plural forms are identified. Singular tone patterns are analysed as lexically specified, plural tone patterns as combinations of the lexical pattern and a tonal plural morpheme. In noun phrases, this plural morpheme attaches only once at the right edge, which is in line with the behaviour of other grammatical markers in Wagi.
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the tonal marking of number on nominals in the Wagi dialect of Beria (Nilo-Saharan, Sudan). The investigation is based on archive data and fieldwork taking a descriptive approach. Seven nominal tone classes of distinct tonal patterns on singular and plural forms are identified. Singular tone patterns are analysed as lexically specified, plural tone patterns as combinations of the lexical pattern and a tonal plural morpheme. In noun phrases, this plural morpheme attaches only once at the right edge, which is in line with the behaviour of other grammatical markers in Wagi.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- 1 The tonal marking of number on nominals in the Wagi dialect of Beria 1
- 2 Number inflection of English loanwords in Welsh 35
- 3 Two morphologies, two stress systems, shaken, not stirred: Number marking on Russian borrowings in Kamas 63
- 4 On co-plurals: Cross-linguistic evidence of competing pluralization strategies in the domain of nouns 107
- 5 Towards a typology of singulatives: Definition and overview of markers 155
- Index 183
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- 1 The tonal marking of number on nominals in the Wagi dialect of Beria 1
- 2 Number inflection of English loanwords in Welsh 35
- 3 Two morphologies, two stress systems, shaken, not stirred: Number marking on Russian borrowings in Kamas 63
- 4 On co-plurals: Cross-linguistic evidence of competing pluralization strategies in the domain of nouns 107
- 5 Towards a typology of singulatives: Definition and overview of markers 155
- Index 183
