Obligatory contour principle effects and violations: The case of Setswana verbal tone

This dissertation is an autosegmental analysis of the tonal patterns manifested in the verb of Setswana, a Southern Bantu language spoken in Botswana and South Africa. Verbal tone in this language is very complex because the tonal patterns fluctuate, depending on many factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, for example, the syntactic environment in which the verb occurs, and the type of morpheme, high or toneless, that precedes the verbstem. The matter is further complicated by the fact that there are two types of verbstems in Setswana, namely, high-toned versus toneless (low-toned). All of these factors taken together result in the variability of verbal tonal patterns attested in this language.

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

• Mmusi, Sheila Onkaetse

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kisseberth, Charles W.

• Language, Linguistics
• Literature, African
• Language, General

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Mmusi, Sheila Onkaetse

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9236544
(UMI)AAI9236544

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22163