Aspects of IsiXhosa phrasal phonology

This thesis examines the prosodic phenomena of IsiXhosa by employing features of both the Theory of the Prosodic Hierarchy and the Theory of Domains. Taken as a given that the application of phonological processes is determined by well-defined linguistic units, it is argued here that post-lexical phonological processes such as Penultimate Vowel Lengthening, Word-Final H Deletion, and Left Branch Delinking and Right Branch Delinking Alternation are each bounded by (prosodic) domains of varying size, and that none of these processes can be adequately explained without making reference to a particular domain which serves as its environment of application.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Jokweni, Mbulelo Wilson

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kisseberth, Charles W.

• Language, Linguistics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Jokweni, Mbulelo Wilson

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543615
(UMI)AAI9543615

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20766