Tone and Inflection: New Facts and New Perspectives

Tone is about melody and meaning, inflection is about grammar, and this book is about a bit of both by studying complex ways in which the tones of a given language engage in the expression of grammatical meaning. The book includes chapters on both general issues concerning tone and inflection as wel...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Palancar, Enrique L. (HerausgeberIn), Léonard, Jean-Léo 1960- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Mouton [2016]
Schriftenreihe:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] 296
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452754
Zusammenfassung:Tone is about melody and meaning, inflection is about grammar, and this book is about a bit of both by studying complex ways in which the tones of a given language engage in the expression of grammatical meaning. The book includes chapters on both general issues concerning tone and inflection as well as case studies on lesser known languages of Asia, Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Mesoamerica, with a special focus on the Oto-Manguean languages
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher’s Web site, viewed Jan. 06, 2016)
Umfang:1 online resource (348 pages)
ISBN:9783110452754
9783110450026
DOI:10.1515/9783110452754