Strong Accent Constituents in CiTonga (Bantu): Universal Guidelines and Constraints : Universal Guidelines and Constraints

This dissertation examines word-prosody of ciTonga, a Malawian Bantu language spoken by lakeshore people of northern Malawi. It is argued that the real word-prosody in this language (and perhaps many Bantu languages) revolves around the idea of Strong Accent Constituency, power relations between seg...

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Main Author: Mkochi, Winfred
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for språk og litteratur 2014
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-24516
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