The mora and the syllable in KiMvita (Mombasa Swahili) and Japanese

This thesis deals mainly with aspects of the phonology of KiMvita, the Swahili dialect spoken in Mombasa, and has special reference to moraic nasals. The KiMvita analysis is then compared to that of Standard Japanese. The framework of moraic theory that is employed is based on Hyman's (1985) &q...

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Main Author: Maeda, Taeko
Published: SOAS, University of London 2001
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.758551