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A historical phonology of Central Chadic : prosodies and lexical reconstruction

Title
A historical phonology of Central Chadic : prosodies and lexical reconstruction / H. Ekkehard Wolff.
Author
Wolff, Ekkehard
Publication
  • Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
  • ©2022

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xxi, 472 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Of all of the African language families, the Chadic languages belonging to the Afroasiatic macrofamily are highly internally diverse due to a long history and various scenarios of language contact. This pioneering study explores the development of the sound systems of the 'Central Chadic' languages, a major branch of the Chadic family. Drawing on and comparing field data from 60 different Central Chadic languages, H. Ekkehard Wolff unpacks the specific phonological principles that underpin the Chadic languages' diverse phonological evolution, arguing that their diversity resultsw from historical processes of 'prosodification' of reconstructable segments of the proto-language. It offers meticulous historical analyses of 64 words from Proto-Central Chadic, into up to 60 individual modern languages, including both consonants and vowels. Particular emphasis is on tracing the deep-rooted origin and impact of palatalization and labialization prosodies within a phonological system that, on its deepest level, recognizes only one vowel phoneme"--
Subject
  • Chadic languages > Phonology
  • Chadic languages > Lexicology
  • Historical linguistics
  • Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
ReCAP 22-11070
ISBN
  • 9781316519547
  • 1316519546
LCCN
2021028425
OCLC
1237630545
Author
Wolff, Ekkehard, author.
Title
A historical phonology of Central Chadic : prosodies and lexical reconstruction / H. Ekkehard Wolff.
Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
ReCAP 22-11070
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