Syntactic tone phrases in Kongo

Zombo sentences are described as consisting of one or more 'pitch phrases'. The arrangement of items in phrases is correlatable with their syntactic status. Syntactic units are characterized by phrase-initial or non-initial position. Pitches are interpreted in terms of a tonal system of hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carter, H.
Published: SOAS, University of London 1971
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.758837