Phonological Rules and Dialect Variation
A Study of the Phonology of Lumasaaba

Dr Brown examines the functions of different types of rules in the phonological component of a generative grammar with examples especially from Lumasaaba, a Bantu language of eastern Uganda.

Gillian Brown (Author)

9780521290630, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 8 April 1976

208 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.46 kg

Review of the hardback: 'The book should interest Bantuists, Africanists, dialectologists, phonologists and even those who work in the rarified air of general linguistic theory. At an Africanist level the reaction lies somewhere between high praise and wild enthusiasm. At more general theoretical levels the book is at least interesting and probably somewhat controversial … This is, I think, a superb book, valuable on many levels.' American Anthropologist

Dr Brown examines the functions of different types of rules in the phonological component of a generative grammar with examples especially from Lumasaaba, a Bantu language of eastern Uganda.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Lost of symbols
1. A brief introduction to Lumasaaba
2. The model of description
3. The rules of the phonology
4. Phonetic realisation
5. The dialects of Lumasaaba
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]