The morphophonology of the Akan reduplicated verb-form

dc.creator	E. KwekuOsam
dc.creator	Charles O. Marfo
dc.creator	Kofi Agyekum
dc.date	2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:30:04Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:30:04Z
dc.identifier	1305-578X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/82b106577e9b42119fa59685e7d0dc51
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30919
dc.description	This paper discusses the interaction between constituent formation and alteration of sounds (i.e.,morphophonology) in Akan reduplicated verb-forms. Specifically, we strive to look into two issues; themorphology of reduplicated verb stems and how the morphological manifestation(s) affect certain target sounds.With its morphology, we observe that reduplication of the Akan verb-stem is generally total and, through theMorphological Doubling Theory (Inkelas 2005; Inkelas and Zoll 2005), reduplication of Akan verb-stems isviewed as the double (or multiple) occurrence of a morphological constituent meeting a particular morphosemanticdescription. That is to say, while there could be differences in structure between the reduplicant and thebase, they are subject to a common phonology that determines a resulting shape of an output. Withmorphophonology, we observe that three issues are relevant in the discussion of the phonology of thereduplicated verbs in Akan. These are the application of vowel harmony, vowel shift in terms of height, and therealization of tonal semblance. Through thorough discussions, the paper finally explains that reduplication ofverb-stems in Akan is morphophonologically driven.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
dc.relation	http://www.jlls.org/vol9no2/45-56.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-578X
dc.source	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 45-56 (2013)
dc.subject	Akan
dc.subject	morphophonology
dc.subject	reduplication
dc.subject	vowel harmony and height
dc.subject	tone
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	The morphophonology of the Akan reduplicated verb-form
dc.type	article