A prosodic perspective on the assignment of tonal melodies to Arabic loanwords in Bambara
There is a rich descriptive history on Bambara tonology in the published literature (e.g. Bird 1966; Courtenay 1974; Creissels 1978, 1988, 1992; Diarra 1976; Dumestre 1987; Dwyer 1976). Despite the existence of several seminal works on the subject, certain details of the language’s tonal system rema...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mandenkan, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Mandenkan |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/mandenkan/999 |