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  • Language Family: Kwa
  • Topic #1: Verbs
  • Topic #2: Morphophonemics
CVCV verb truncation in Akan ( CVCV verb truncation in Akan (Twi)

The theory of markedness is significant in what truncates and what is retained in CVCV verbs in Akan (Twi): a high vowel is truncated over a non-high vowel; a coronal consonant over a labial consonant; the segmental content(s) of a low-toned syllable over that/those of a high-toned syllable; and a high vowel cannot be truncated unless its values of ATR and rounding (coronality and labiality) are predictable from an abutting segment. CVCV verb truncation in Akan supports both the height-based scale of sonority: Low >> Mid >> High (Howe and Pulleyblank 2004), and the harmonic ranking of place: labial, dorsal >> coronal (Prince and Smolensky 1993). High vowels make worse nuclei than non-high vowels, and intervocalic sonorous consonants are dispreferred as onsets of an unmarked vowel. Truncation targets unmarked units and does so in a way that preserves lexical contrast and/or respects certain wellformedness conditions.

    La théorie de l’accentuation est importante  dans ce sens qu’elle jette de la lumière sur ce qu’on doit tronquer  et ce  qu’on doit garder tel quel dans la structure  CVCV en langue Akan (Twi):une voyelle sonore doit être tronquée si elle est à proximité d’une voyelle muette; une consonne coronale est tronquée si elle se trouve en présence d’une consonne labiale; le contenu segmental d’une voyelle non-sonore est tronqué si celle-ci se trouve à proximité d’une syllabe sonore. Une voyelle sonore n’est pas tronquée à moins que les valeurs de l’ ATR et ses environs (coronalité et labialité) soient prévisibles à partir du segment saillant. La troncature des verbes en Akan se fait aussi bien sur la base de l’échelle de la sonorité: bas>>moyen>>haut (Howe et Pulleyblank, 2004) qu’en fonction du classement harmonique: labial, dorsal>>coronal (Prince et Smolensky, 1993). Les voyelles sonores font les pires noyaux que les voyelles non-sonores, et les consonnes intervocaliques sonores  sont considérées comme les indices d’une voyelle muette. La troncature vise des unités non-accentuées et le font d’une manière à préserver les contrastes lexicaux tout en respectant  certaines conditions de la bonne forme.

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