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Analyzing Yoruba Tonal Phonology by David Oyewole is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This thesis examines tonal patterns in the Yoruba language. It utilizes a fully specified tone feature matrix to analyze Yoruba tones, in contrast to previous analyses that used underspecified features. The analysis focuses on tonal processes within lexical items and across word boundaries, providing evidence that Yoruba is best analyzed as having an underlying three-way tonal contrast of high, mid, and low tones.
- Author
- David Oyewole
- Language
- EN