TY  - CHAP
A1  - Zerbian, Sabine
T1  - The relative clause and its tones in Tswana
T2  - Papers from the Workshop on Bantu Relative Clauses : [held in Paris on 8 - 9 January 2010] / Laura Downing, ... (eds.), Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin; ZASPil Vol. 53, S. 227-242
N2  - The morpho-syntax of relative clauses in Sotho-Tswana is relatively well-described in the literature. Prosodic characteristics, such as tone, have received far less attention in the existing descriptions. After reviewing the basic morpho-syntactic and semantic features of relative clauses in Tswana, the current paper sets out to present and discuss prosodic aspects. These comprise tone specifications of relative clause markers such as the demonstrative pronoun that acts as the relative pronoun, relative agreement concords and the relative suffix. Further prosodic aspects dealt with in the current article are tone alternations at the juncture of relative pronoun and head noun, and finally the tone patterns of the finite verbs in the relative clause. The article aims at providing the descriptive basis from which to arrive at generalizations concerning the prosodic phrasing of relative clauses in Tswana.
KW  - Relativsatz
KW  - Morphosyntax
KW  - Tswana
KW  - Prosodie
KW  - Intonation <Linguistik>
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31055
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-310555
UR  - http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/1106.html
SN  - 1435-9588
SN  - 0947-7055
VL  - 53
SP  - 227
EP  - 242
PB  - Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
CY  - Berlin
ER  -