Tone and accent in Oklahoma Cherokee / Hiroto Uchihara.

This text examines the tone and accent of Oklahoma Cherokee, in which 6 possible pitch patterns can occur on a syllable: low, high, low-high, high-low, lowfall, and superhigh. It investigates the distribution and source of these patterns, the principles that determine their positions, and the nature...

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Main Author: Uchihara, Hiroto (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Cherokee
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:Oxford studies of endangered languages.
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520 8 |a This text examines the tone and accent of Oklahoma Cherokee, in which 6 possible pitch patterns can occur on a syllable: low, high, low-high, high-low, lowfall, and superhigh. It investigates the distribution and source of these patterns, the principles that determine their positions, and the nature of tonal alternations. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Cover; Tone and Accent in Oklahoma Cherokee; Copyright; Contents; General Preface; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Tone and accent in Oklahoma Cherokee; 1.2 The Cherokee language; 1.2.1 Geographic location; 1.2.2 Genetic affiliation; 1.2.3 Speakers and variation; 1.3 Previous studies; 1.4 Database for this study; 1.5 Orthography; 1.5.1 Segmental orthography; 1.5.1.1 Representation of C + h clusters; 1.5.1.2 Vowel length; 1.5.2 Conventions for writing tones and accents; 1.5.3 The Cherokee Syllabary; 1.6 Theoretical assumptions; 1.7 Structure of Cherokee; 1.7.1 The verb 
505 8 |a 1.7.1.1 The verb base; 1.7.1.2 Aspectual suffixes; 1.7.1.3 Modal suffixes; 1.7.1.4 Reflexive/middle prefix; 1.7.1.5 Pronominal prefixes; 1.7.1.6 Pre-pronominal prefixes; 1.7.2 The noun; 1.7.3 The adjective; 1.7.4 Stem alternations; 1.7.4.1 Laryngeal Alternation; 1.7.4.2 Tonicity; 1.8 Organization of the book; 2: Segmental inventory; 2.1 Vowel phonemes; 2.1.1 Vowel quality; 2.1.2 Vowel length; 2.2 Consonant phonemes; 2.2.1 Plosives; 2.2.2 Affricates; 2.2.3 Fricatives; 2.2.4 Resonants; 2.2.5 Laryngeal consonants; 2.2.6 Phonological status of the Ch sequences 
505 8 |a 2.2.7 Internally complex segments: c, kw, and t; l2.2.7.1 c; 2.2.7.2 kw, tl; 2.3 Word-final vowels; 2.3.1 Word-final vowel deletion; 2.3.2 Tone and length of the word-final vowel; 3: Phonotactics and syllable structure; 3.1 Phonotactics; 3.1.1 CC sequences; 3.1.1.1 One of the members has to be s, h, or ʔ; 3.1.1.2 Sonority Sequencing Principle; 3.1.1.3 RR and RT sequences; 3.1.2 CCC sequences; 3.1.3 CCCC sequences; 3.2 Syllable structure; 3.2.1 Onset; 3.2.1 Rhyme; 3.2.2.1 Nucleus; 3.2.2.2 Coda; 3.3 Segmental processes and constraints; 3.3.1 Vowel Deletion and h-Metathesis; 3.3.1.1 Vowel Deletion 
505 8 |a 3.3.1.2 h-Metathesis; 3.3.2 *VVʔ; 3.3.3 *Cʔ; 3.4 Relevance of the mora and the syllable; 3.4.1 Relevance of the syllable; 3.4.1.1 Superhigh assignment; 3.4.1.2 H3 assignment; 3.4.1.3 Closed Syllable Shortening; 3.4.1.4 Speakers' intuition; 3.4.2 Relevance of mora; 3.4.2.1 Tone bearing unit of H and H ; 3.4.2.2 *TROUGH; 3.4.3 Summary; 3.5 Conclusion; 4: Overview of the tones and accents; 4.1 The tonal and accentual inventory of Oklahoma Cherokee; 4.1.1 Low tone; 4.1.2 High tone; 4.1.3 High-low and low-high tones; 4.1.4 Lowfall tone; 4.1.5 Superhigh; 4.1.6 Summary 
505 8 |a 4.2 Distribution of tones (tonotactics); 4.2.1 Gaps; 4.2.2 Rare sequences (1-15 instances); 4.2.3 Common sequences (more than instances); 4.3 Conclusion; 5: Lowfall tone; 5.1 From a glottal stop; 5.2 Pronominal Tonic Lowering; 5.3 Pronominal prefix beginning with ii-; 5.4 Conclusion; 6: Tonal phonology of H1; 6.1 General properties of H1; 6.2 Obligatory Contour Principle; 6.2.1 H1 Deletion; 6.2.2 H1 Displacement; 6.2.3 Summary; 6.3 When H1 is overridden by another tone; 6.3.1 H1 Deletion; 6.3.2 H1 Displacement; 6.3.3 Summary; 6.4 Floating H1; 6.5 H1 Spreading; 6.5.1 Introduction 
588 0 |a Online resource; title from home page (University Press Scholarship, viewed May 8, 2020) 
546 |a Text in English, with some phrases in Cherokee. 
650 0 |a Cherokee language  |x Intonation. 
650 0 |a Cherokee language  |x Accents and accentuation. 
650 7 |a Cherokee language  |x Phonology  |2 fast 
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