Downstep in Pari the tone system of a western Nilotic language
Downstep in Pari the tone system of a western Nilotic language
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Downstep in Pari 西方尼罗河语的声调系统
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1988
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Torben Andersen
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Torben Andersen
帕里语是一种西尼罗亚语，具有阶梯级的声调系统，完全降低音阶。虽然Pari可以被分析为有三个基本音级和自动降级，但有形态证据表明它有两个基本音级和非自动降级。此外，有证据表明，下降是浮动高音的表现。因此，浮动声调的行为与删除元音的声调不同。尽管Pari和Luo之间存在许多表面上的差异，但一个单一的声调变化是它们潜在差异的原因。
Pari, a Western Nilotic language, has a terraced-level tone system with total downstep. Although Pari could be analyzed as having three basic tone levels and automatic downstep, there is morphological evidence that it has two basic tone levels and non-automatic downstep. Furthermore, there is evidence that downstep is the manifestation of a floating high tone. Floating tones thus behave differently from tones of deleted vowels. In spite of many surface differences between Pari and Luo, a related language, a single tone change accounts for their underlying differences.