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4.5: Notes on pronunciation 2

Linking tone 1
A. Head noun in associative construction

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

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