- Description
- 1 online resource.
- 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"--
- Uniform Title
- Historical phonology of Central Chadic (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Historical phonology of Central Chadic (Online)
- Subject
- Chadic languages > Phonology
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- LCCN
- 2021028426
- OCLC
- ssj0002611891
- Author
Wolff, Ekkehard.
- Title
A historical phonology of Central Chadic [electronic resource] : prosodies and lexical reconstruction / H. Ekkehard Wolff.
- Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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Print version: Wolff, Ekkehard. Historical phonology of Central Chadic Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781316519547 (DLC) 2021028425