The Phonology of Chichewa

Autor

Laura J. Downing

Editura

Oxford University Press

An publicare

2017

Nr. Pagini

320

ISBN

9780198724742

Categorii

Lingvistica Stiinte Limba Contemporana Fonetica Fonologie

Descriere

This book provides thorough descriptive and atheoretical coverage of the full range of phonological phenomena of Chichewa, a Malawian Bantu language. It covers topics such as vowel harmony, nasal place assimilation, postnasal laryngeal alternations, tonal phenomena, prosodic morphology, and the phonology-syntax interface.