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On the non-universality of tonal association ‘conventions’: evidence from Ciyao*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2008

Larry M. Hyman  and
Armindo Ngunga
Larry M. Hyman
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Armindo Ngunga
Affiliation:
Eduardo Mondlane University/University of California, Berkeley
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One of the major aims of linguistic theory is to determine what is universal vs. language-specific within grammatical systems. In phonology, for example, a number of universals have been proposed and incorporated into the various subtheories that deal with segmental and prosodic aspects of sound systems. In his original autosegmental theory, for instance, Goldsmith (1976) provided a formalism and a set of principles embodying a number of universal claims about how different tiers may link to each other. Most of the support for this theory came from the study of tone: tones (Ts) were said to reside on separate ‘tiers’ joined by association lines to their respective tone-bearing units (TBUs).

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Phonology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , May 1994 , pp. 25 - 68
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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