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 Verfasser: Palancar, Enrique L. (HerausgeberIn), Léonard, Jean-Léo (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin : Mouton De Gruyter, [2016]
Schriftenreihe:Trends in linguistics. State-of-the-art report ; 296.
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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:1 online resource (vi, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110452754
3110452758
9783110452761
3110452766
9783110450361
3110450364

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