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A tonal split in bound argument pronouns in Il-keeknyokie Maa
Studies in African Linguistics, 2001 This paper describes and accounts for the tonal split between bound argument prefixes of Il-Keekonyokie Maa verbs with (apparently) High and Low tone. Data with the tonal split are given, followed by an analysis showing that the apparent High tone must ...
Kent Rasmussen
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What conditions tone paradigms in Yukuna: Phonological and machine learning approaches
Glossa, 2021 Yukuna is an understudied Arawak language of North-West Amazonia with a privative tonal system. In this system, roots are underlyingly specified for tone, whilst affixes are toneless. However, affixation interacts with tone, leading to many variations in
Dan Dediu +2 more
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The Development of a Single Frequency Place in the Mammalian Cochlea: The Cochlear Resonance in the Mustached Bat Pteronotus parnellii [PDF]
, 2003 Cochlear microphonic potentials (CMs) were recorded from the sharply tuned, strongly resonant auditory foveae of 1- to 5-week-old mustached bats that were anesthetized with Rompun and Ketavet.
Drexl, Markus +4 more
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Tone association and F₀ timing in Chichewa
Studies in African Linguistics, 1999 In Chichewa (Bantu, Malawi), a high tone is realized as a peak in fundamental frequency (fO). In this study, the timing of fO peaks relative to the duration of the high-toned syllable was measured for high tones in phrase-medial, -penultimate and -final ...
Scott Myers
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A spin to preserve contrast: Taiwanese tone sandhi
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2020 Chain-shifts, particularly circular ones such as the tone sandhi of Taiwanese Min has been a longstanding challenge to which phonologists of various persuasions have attempted. This paper appeals to markedness against contour tones in non-final positions
Wee, Lian-Hee
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Reanalyse des tons du Bambara des tons du nom a l'organisation general du systeme
Studies in African Linguistics, 1989 A partir de l'etude des noms, il est apparu progressivement (1) que Ie bambara, comme.le mende, possedait des schemes tonals de mot; (2) qu'a ces schemes s'ajoutait un ton haut flottant, que nous avons appele "ton haut de liaison"; (3) que l'association ...
Annie Railland, Mamadou Badjime
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Studies in African Linguistics, 2008 This article provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the verbal tone system of Tura, a previously undocumented dialect of Luyia (Bantu, Kenya, J.30).
Michael R. Marlo
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Revista Linguística, 2023 This paper describes and analyzes the ka particle in constructions with dynamic predicates in Lung’Ie, an endangered Portuguese-lexifier creole language spoken on Príncipe Island.
Núbia Ferreira Rech +1 more
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Aethiopica, 2020 Contrary to the claim made in a recently published article, that literature on Amharic stress is ‘almost nonexistent’, I present and quote from the works of Armbruster, Guidi, Abraham, and others, and discuss their concept of stress patterns in Amharic ...
Rainer Voigt
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Higher order extension of L\"owner's theory: Operator $k$-tone functions
, 2014 The new notion of operator/matrix $k$-tone functions is introduced, which is a higher order extension of operator/matrix monotone and convex functions. Differential properties of matrix $k$-tone functions are shown.
Franz, Uwe, Hiai, Fumio, Ricard, Éric
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