2015
DOI: 10.4314/gjl.v4i1.1
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Morphophonological processes of the C’lela noun

Abstract: This article discusses some aspects of the morphophonology of C'lela nouns. It will be shown that the addition of inflectional affixes to certain noun stems in C'lela, sometime motivate certain phonological processes. The analysis demonstrates that when the plural suffix [-nV] attaches to animate nouns in C'lela, it triggers certain morphophonological processes such as vowel copying, metathesis, vowel lengthening, final-vowel deletion, and initial-consonant deletion. For example, the paper argues that in plur… Show more

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“…), but multiple iteration of a reduplicant has not been reported in other Kainji languages (cf. Dettweiler & Dettweiler 2002;McGill 2007;Smith 2007;McGill 2009;Aliero 2013;McGill 2014;Dettweiler 2015). Given that Kainji languages are underdocumented, future research on these languages should document augmentative-diminutive distinctions in these languages to determine whether this iteration is a family-wide phenomenon or an innovative feature of Fungwa.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…), but multiple iteration of a reduplicant has not been reported in other Kainji languages (cf. Dettweiler & Dettweiler 2002;McGill 2007;Smith 2007;McGill 2009;Aliero 2013;McGill 2014;Dettweiler 2015). Given that Kainji languages are underdocumented, future research on these languages should document augmentative-diminutive distinctions in these languages to determine whether this iteration is a family-wide phenomenon or an innovative feature of Fungwa.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%