Larry M. Hyman
List of John Benjamins publications for which Larry M. Hyman plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 1606-822X | E-ISSN 2309-5067
2017 Underlying representations and Bantu segmental phonology Sonic Signatures: Studies dedicated to John Harris, Lindsey, Geoff and Andrew Nevins (eds.), pp. 101–116 | Chapter
Advances in output-oriented derivational theory are progressively subverting the notion of an underlying-surface distinction in phonology. Moreover, categorical patterning in languages’ sound systems can no longer be taken as immediate proof that phonological or phonetic forms are themselves… read more
2014 Phrasal Construction Tonology: The case of Kalabari Studies in Language 38:4, pp. 649–689 | Article
Although it is common for “replacive” tonal patterns to be assigned by word-level morphological constructions, it is far less common for such overriding schemas to be assigned by specific phrase-level syntactic constructions. Kalabari, an Ijo language of Nigeria, does exactly this: Whenever the… read more
2014 Coda constraints on tone The Form of Structure, the Structure of Form: Essays in honor of Jean Lowenstamm, Bendjaballah, Sabrina, Noam Faust, Mohamed Lahrouchi and Nicola Lampitelli (eds.), pp. 103–122 | Article
In many languages tonal contrasts are restricted on closed syllables ending in a stop (CVT). Such “stopped” tones, which are found most widely in East and Southeast Asia, have been interpreted in three different ways in the literature: (i) a single system approach: the tone(s) on stopped syllables… read more
2014 Chapter 5. Reconstructing the Niger-Congo Verb Extension Paradigm: What’s Cognate, Copied or Renewed? Paradigm Change: In the Transeurasian languages and beyond, Robbeets, Martine and Walter Bisang (eds.), pp. 103–126 | Chapter
You cannot reconstruct a language phylum unless you have good arguments about which language families it includes. The most striking case is Altaic, where one group of scholars produces thousands of reconstructed forms, and another denies that the major branches are even related. The most extreme… read more
2013 Penultimate lengthening in Bantu: Analysis and spread Language Typology and Historical Contingency: In honor of Johanna Nichols, Bickel, Balthasar, Lenore A. Grenoble, David A. Peterson and Alan Timberlake (eds.), pp. 309–330 | Article
It is often remarked that Eastern and Southern Bantu languages that have lost the historical Proto-Bantu vowel-length contrast tend to have a process of penultimate lengthening (PL). However, there has never been a general, cross-linguistic survey of the phenomenon. In this paper I (i) delimit the… read more
2010 Focus marking in Aghem: Syntax or semantics? The Expression of Information Structure: A documentation of its diversity across Africa, Fiedler, Ines and Anne Schwarz (eds.), pp. 95–116 | Article
Following up on previous work by Anderson (1979), Watters (1979) and myself (Hyman 1979a, b, 1985), this paper presents an overview and analysis of focus marking in Aghem, a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. It is shown that focus marking pervades virtually every aspect of the grammar.… read more
2006 The word in Luganda. Studies in African Linguistic Typology, Voeltz, F.K. Erhard (ed.), pp. 171–193 | Article
1999 The Interaction between Focus and Tone in Bantu The Grammar of Focus, Rebuschi, Georges and Laurice Tuller (eds.), pp. 151–178 | Article
1996 The Morpheme in Phonological Change: Velar Palatalization in Bantu Diachronica 13:2, pp. 259–282 | Article
SUMMARY This paper addresses a potential problem for the Neogrammarian hypothesis of strict phonetic conditioning of primary sound change and the specific claim by Kiparsky (1973:75) that 'no sound change can depend on morpheme boundaries'. In many Bantu languages *k and *g are palatalized before… read more
1993 Conceptual issues in the comparative study of the Bantu verb stem Topics in African Linguistics: Papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990, Mufwene, Salikoko S. and Lioba Moshi (eds.), pp. 3–34 | Article
1985 Globality in the Kinande tone system African Linguistics: Essays in Memory of M.W.K. Semikenke, Goyvaerts, Didier L. (ed.), pp. 239–260 | Article