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Syllable Weight in African Languages
Edited by Paul Newman
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 338] 2017
► pp. 113–127

Chapter 7
Syllables and syllable weight in Sara-Bagirmi languages

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Mbay
    • 2.1Syllables in Mbay
    • 2.2Distribution of syllables within morphemes
    • 2.3Syllabic readjustment
      • 2.3.1Creation of heavy syllables
      • 2.3.2Creation of heavy syllables due to vowel lengthening
      • 2.3.3Creation of superheavy syllables
      • 2.3.4Creation of superheavy syllables with gemination
      • 2.3.5Creation of a new light syllable using an epenthetic glide
      • 2.3.6Syllabic nasals
      • 2.3.7Creation of syllables from prenasalized stops
    • 2.4Tone preservation
    • 2.5On the origin of heavy syllables within morphemes
  • 3.Syllables and syllable weight in other Sara languages
    • 3.1Syllabic readjustment in the other Sara languages
    • 3.2Tone preservation in the other Sara languages
    • 3.3Barred ɨ and the origin of heavy syllables
    • 3.4Summary
  • 4.Syllables and syllable weight in the Sara Kaba languages
    • 4.1Syllables in the Sara Kaba languages
    • 4.2Distribution of syllables within morphemes
    • 4.3Closed syllables and the weak vowel
  • 5.Syllables and syllable weight in Bagirmi languages
    • 5.1Syllables in Bagirmi and Kenga
    • 5.2Vowel dropping and closed syllables in Bagirmi
    • 5.3Heavy syllables in Kenga
    • 5.4Syllabic restructuring in Bagirmi
  • 6.Syllable weight and vowel loss in the Sara languages
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 12 April 2017
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