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  • Language Family: Mande
  • Topic #1: Phonology
Emergent syllable complexity in colloquial Ba Emergent syllable complexity in colloquial Bamana

Data from two varieties of Bamanankan, or Bambara, a Mande language spoken in Mali and surrounding nations, illustrate differences in permissible syllable shapes between the variants.  A comparison of the Classic variety of the language spoken in Ségou and that spoken by a younger cohort of individuals in the Malian capital reveals that the latter variety is synchronically developing complex CCV and CVC syllable shapes primarily through vocalic syncope, whereas the classical variety permits only maximal CV syllables.  Data presented in this study show that this complexification of syllables in Bamako Bamana is one manifestation of the overall drive towards word minimization in this variety of the language.  These data illustrate that this variety of Bamana has preferential patterns of deletion that are largely dependent on phonotactic constraints and permissible syllable contact that results from syncope.  Additionally, other processes that interact with syncope or prevent it from occurring are explored.

                     Les données de deux variétés du bamanankan, ou le bambara, une langue mandingue qui se parle au Mali et dans d’autres pays voisins, illustrent les différences des formes de syllabe acceptables entre les variantes.  Une comparaison de la variété Classique de la langue parlée à Ségou et celle qui se parle parmi d’individus plus jeunes à la capitale Malienne révèle que celle-ci se développe synchroniquement des formes de syllabe complexes en CCV et en CVC essentiellement par la syncope vocalique, tandis que la variété classique ne permet qu’une syllabe maximale en CV.  Les données présentées dans cette étude montrent que cette complexification de syllabe dans le Bamako bamana est une manifestation de la forte tendance vers la minimisation de mots dans cette variété de la langue.  Ces données illustrent que cette variété de bamana a des modèles préférentielles d’effacement qui dépendent largement sur des contraintes phonotactiques et sur le contacte entre syllabes qui est le résultat de la syncope.  De plus, on explore d’autres processus et leur interaction avec la syncope ou leur empêchement de celle-ci.

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Created 2015-Apr-13
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Author Christopher R. Green and Boubacar Diakite
Created by Hasiyatu Abubakari
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