Intonation in African Tone Languages
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ISBN-13:
9783110610710
Veröffentl:
2018
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
11.06.2018
Seiten:
448
Autor:
Annie Rialland
Gewicht:
660 g
Format:
230x155x25 mm
Serie:
24, ISSN
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This volume brings together two under-investigated areas of intonation typology. While tone languages make up to 70 percent of the world's languages, only few have been explored for intonation. And even though one third of the world's languages are spoken in Africa, and most sub-Saharan languages are tone languages, recent collections on tone and intonation typology have almost entirely ignored African languages. This book aims to fill this gap.
This volume brings together two under-investigated areas of intonation typology. While tone languages make up to 70 percent of the world's languages, only few have been explored for intonation. And even though one third of the world's languages