The Relation between the Middle Tone and Empty Category Principle Violations in Krio

An examination of monosyllabic words in Krio reveals the existence of three distinct tones: high. mid and low. words of more than one syllable. However, only two tones are attested: high and low. The mid tone is, in fact, found only in monosyllabic forms in two very specific contexts: citation forms...

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Veröffentlicht in:Studies in African linguistics 1984-08, Vol.15 (2), p.163-175
1. Verfasser: NYLANDER, D. K
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An examination of monosyllabic words in Krio reveals the existence of three distinct tones: high. mid and low. words of more than one syllable. However, only two tones are attested: high and low. The mid tone is, in fact, found only in monosyllabic forms in two very specific contexts: citation forms and sentence final forms. In other contexts. the mid tone ia replaced by the high tone. This suggests that the mid tone is merely a phonetic variant of the high tone. The interaction of tones and syntax is considered.
ISSN:0039-3533
2154-428X
DOI:10.32473/sal.v15i2.107516