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Phonological Rules and Dialect Variation

Phonological Rules and Dialect Variation

Phonological Rules and Dialect Variation

A Study of the Phonology of Lumasaaba
Gillian Brown
April 1976
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    Dr Brown examines the functions of different types of rules in the phonological component of a generative grammar with examples especially from Lumasaaba, a Bantu language of eastern Uganda.

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    Review of the hardback: 'The book should interest Bantuists, Africanists, dialectologists, phonologists and even those who work in the rarified air of general linguistic theory. At an Africanist level the reaction lies somewhere between high praise and wild enthusiasm. At more general theoretical levels the book is at least interesting and probably somewhat controversial … This is, I think, a superb book, valuable on many levels.' American Anthropologist

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    Product details

    April 1976
    Paperback
    9780521290630
    208 pages
    229 × 152 × 16 mm
    0.46kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Acknowledgements
    • Introduction
    • Lost of symbols
    • 1. A brief introduction to Lumasaaba
    • 2. The model of description
    • 3. The rules of the phonology
    • 4. Phonetic realisation
    • 5. The dialects of Lumasaaba
    • Appendices
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
      Author
    • Gillian Brown