A morphophonology of Komo: Non-tonal phenomena

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Issue Date: 
1992
Degree: 
M.A. Linguistics, University of North Dakota
Extent: 
x, 161 pages
Abstract: 
Komo, a sub-Bantu language spoken in northeastern Zaire, exhibits a number of interesting interactions between the morphology and phonology during the process of word derivation. A framework using parametric rule description, underrepresentation of morphemes, and lexical phonology is used in describing non-tonal phenomena of the language. Use of this framework results in optimalizing the description of lexical entries and simplifying the derivation of forms exhibiting complex phonological alternations. Complete paradigms of verbs in a number of tense-aspect-mood configurations are included, even though they may go beyond the requirements of the analysis. This brings to light a language that has not previously been studied.
Publication Status: 
Preprint
Country: 
Congo (Kinshasa)
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Entry Number: 
9973