The Sound Pattern Of Kistaninna: A Generative Approach
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1986-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The thesis co~sists of three maior sectioDs:
(i) phonemes and ~.llophones" (ii) +uLe s of phonetic
.ceali'Ti ' z.am ons , an,d""'I),Lll suprasep;men' tl8. 8
In the section deal ing w it h the phOneE1.8Sand
al Lophone s , the consonent and voweI phcnemes are Lis t ed
VJith their allophonic var i arrt n , giving examnl.es of
their distributions, In this section also dealing Hith
seqnences and clusters of consonant nhonemes ~ co'ยท
oc cur-r-ence s of the consonants are cLas s i f i.ed in terms
of their manner of articulations such as ~ stops"
af'f r i cat es , fricatives, nas al.s , Li oui.d.s, glides, and
their d'i s tr-i.but.Lons in wor-d.s , and in the next s ec t i.on ,
f i.na l.Lv culminating 'fortih a summary of the syll8ble
structu~e of the language
In the r-n l es of phonetic real i zat i ons , aas i.rai.Lat ory
and non=as s i.mi Lat ocv r.r-o ce s se s 8S" palata I i zat i on ,
l~Jinli~ation, nasali~8tion, homorganic nasal assimilat
' t' iL t:' r 1 lOD., consonan as s i.nu.. a v r on \.Lengt"n 'j), vowe1 888l.8, 1.18.t'r.on ,
.i.nt et-voc al ic 1-Ie ake rri ng , vowe1 r-educ t i on , vowe 1. insertion
and glide formation? are t100T'ol.W;h1d.:iv scus sed and
an"tlysedo
In the section dealing wi th supr-aseguent.aLs ,
consonant ~ength is analysed; and the relationship
between pitch and strese .is a180 dete rnnned c The
Lrrt onat i on patterns of the language are also exami.ned .
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Kistaninna