Linking tone 1
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| CV(C)V nominal stems (bimoraic) | . | Semantic type/
MS properties |
| (1) duàaá noá | 'the tree' (DEF) | non-inherent |
| (2) meà duá!aá noá | 'my tree' | . |
| (3) nàtoàmaá | 'cloth' | . |
| (4) meà nàtoá!maá | 'my cloth' | . |
| (5) aàkoàmaá | 'heart' | . |
| (6) m'aàkoá!maá | 'my heart' | inherent |
| (7) kaáaà | 'car' | stem-initial H |
| (8) meà kaáaà | 'my car' | stem-initial H |
| (9) meà yeáreá | 'my wife' | - seniority |
| (10) meá !kuánuá | 'my husband' | + seniority |
| (11) meá naànaá | 'my grandparent' | + seniority |
| (12) meà naá!naá | 'my grandchild' | - seniority |
| CV nominal stems (monomoraic) | . | . |
| (13) ñàdaáná noá | 'the room' (room DEF) | non-inherent |
| (14) meá !daáná noá | 'my room' | . |
| (15) nàsæé | 'alcoholic drink' | . |
| (16) meá ná!sæé | 'my alcoholic drink' | . |
| (17) meà nàsaá | 'my hand' | inherent |
| (18) meà baá | 'my child' | . |
| (19) meá naà | 'my mother' | + seniority |
| (20) m'aágyaà | 'my father' | + seniority |
-> Linking tone
2 (in dependent predicates and serial verb constructions) in
Unit 10
-> Exercise 1