Theoretical Aspects of Bantu Tone

Abstract

1. Semantic/pragmatic conditions on the tonology of the Kongo noun phrase: a diachronic hypothesis Jean Alain Blanchon 2. Optimality domains theory and Bantu tonology: a case study from Isixhosa and Shingazidja Farida Cassimjee and Charles W. Kisseberth 3. Expansion and retraction of high tone domains in Setswana Denis Creissels 4. Tonal domains and depressor consonants in Ikalanga Larry M. Hyman and Joyce T. Mathangwane 5. AUX in Bantu morphology and phonology Scott Myers 6. Principles of tone assignment in Tanzanian Yao David Odden 7. Tone reduction vs. metrical attraction in the evolution of Eastern Bantu tone systems Gerard Philippson 8. Constraints on tonal association in Olusamia: an optimality theoretic account Robert Poletto.

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