The functional motivation of the High Tone Syllable in Yoruba

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-20

  Bisang, Walter ^a   Sonaiya, Remi ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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EID: 84937182012     PISSN: 01676164     EISSN: 16133811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jall.1999.20.1.1     Document Type: Article

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