The Functional Motivation of the High Tone Syllable in Yorùbá: A Critique

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  • Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Olúmúyìwá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13092/lo.36.517

Abstract

Bisang and Sonaiya (1999) call the high tone syllable (the HTS) in Yorùbá language "an operator which actualises or validates the relationship between a predicate and a subject within a state of affairs". This paper shows that this view is faulty because it makes wrong predictions concerning the element in the language.

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Published

2008-10-01

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Vol. 36 No. 4 (2008)

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Copyright (c) 2008 Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Olúmúyìwá

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How to Cite

Olúmúyìwá, T. (2008). The Functional Motivation of the High Tone Syllable in Yorùbá: A Critique. Linguistik Online, 36(4). https://doi.org/10.13092/lo.36.517