GoTriple - The tone patterns of numeral-plus-classifier phrases in Yongning Na: a synchronic description and analysis

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Speech Communication ; International Research Institute MICA (MICA) ; Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS),

This work was (partially) funded by the French Investissements d'Avenir - Labex EFL program (ANR-10-LABX-0083).,

Nathan Hill & Tom Owen-Smith,

ANR-12-CORP-0006,HimalCo,Corpus parallèles en langues himalayennes(2012)

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HAL CCSD,

De Gruyter Mouton

Abstract

In Yongning Na, there exists a bewildering diversity of tone patterns on numeral-plus-classifier phrases. A systematic investigation brings out no less than nine sets of classifiers on the basis of their tonal behaviour in association with numerals. These phenomena are analyzed here as part of the irregular tonal morphology found in Yongning Na. The present work represents a contribution towards a complete description of the rich tonal morphology of this language.