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  • Language Family: Dogon/Kru
  • Topic #1: Tone
  • Topic #2: Morphology
The structural origins of tonal overlays in Tommo So (Dogon) compo The structural origins of tonal overlays in Tommo So (Dogon) compounds

Tommo So (Dogon, Mali) has two classes of root compounds, distinguished from one another by tonal behavior. In the first class, canonical compounds, all non-final stems have their tone replaced by L in a process I call tone lowering. This is the same process seen when a noun is modified by certain grammatical categories (adjective, demonstrative, relative clause), but I show that this is a surface coincidence, with compound tone lowering driven by phonotactic considerations and modifier tone structurally determined. The other class of compounds, pseudo-genitive compounds, lowers the tone of the final stem(s) in a pattern of tone lowering identical to true genitive constructions. I argue that in this case, the compounds are lexicalized syntactic phrases, based on evidence such as headedness and the ability to contain regular inflection, and that given this structure, tone lowering in pseudo-genitive compounds and true genitives is one and the same.

Tommo So (Dogon, Mali) a deux classes de mots composés, qui se distinguent l’une de l’autre par leurs propriétés tonales. Dans la première classe, celle des composés canoniques, tout lexème non-final subit un abaissement tonal dans lequel le ton du lexème est remplacé par un ton bas. On observe ce même processus quand un nom est modifié par certaines catégories grammaticales (adjectif, démonstratif, proposition relative), mais il est démontré dans cet article que cette similitude n’est qu’une coïncidence superficielle ; l’abaissement tonal du composé est entraîné par des propriétés phonotactiques, alors que le ton des syntagmes modifiés suit de propriétés structurales. L’autre classe de mots composés, les composés pseudo-génitifs, impose l’abaissement tonal sur le lexème final (ou les lexèmes finaux), dans un système d'abaissement tonal identique à celui des vrais génitifs. Sur la base de la position du mot tête de série et de la capacité du composé à contenir de la morphologie flexionnelle régulière, l’argument est que, dans ce cas, les composés sont en fait des syntagmes lexicalisés, et qu'étant donné cette structure, l’abaissement tonal dans les composés pseudo-génitifs et dans les vrais génitifs est le même.

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