Cheng, L and Kula, NC (2006) 'Syntactic and phonological phrasing in Bemba relatives.' ZAS Papers in Linguistics, 43. 31 - 54. ISSN 1435-9588
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Abstract
Tone as a distinctive feature used to differentiate not only words but also clause types, is a characteristic feature of Bantu languages. In this paper we show that Bemba relatives can be marked with a low tone in place of a segmental relative marker. This low tone strategy of relativization, which imposes a restrictive reading of relatives, manifests a specific phonological phrasing that can be differentiated from that of non-restrictives. The paper shows that the resultant phonological phrasing favours a head-raising analysis of relativization. In this sense, phonology can be shown to inform syntactic analyses.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
| Depositing User: | Elena Pupaza |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2015 14:45 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2017 17:44 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11650 |
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