creators_name: Bird, Steven
editors_name: van der Hulst, Harry
editors_name: Ritter, Nancy
type: bookchapter
datestamp: 2002-04-16
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:55
metadata_visibility: show
title: Dschang syllable structure
ispublished: pub
subjects: ling-morph
subjects: ling-phono
full_text_status: public
abstract: The syllable structure of Dschang is interesting for a variety of reasons. Most notable is
the aspiration which can appear on most consonant types, including voiced stops. I shall
argue that aspiration is best viewed as moraic, contributing to the weight of a syllable. An
understanding of the syllable structure also gives valuable insights into the phonemic
inventory and the distributional asymmetries, and helps to explain some curious
morphophonemic vowel alternations in the imperative construction. 

date: 1999
date_type: published
publication: The Syllable: Views and Facts.
publisher: Mouton De Gruyter
pagerange: 447-476
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Bird, Steven  (1999) Dschang syllable structure.  [Book Chapter]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/2183/3/syllable.pdf