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It presents the segmental and suprasegmental systems, including a seven-vowel pattern with contrastive length, and a syllable structure with restricted consonant codas. Tone is analyzed as both lexical and grammatical, and word classes are examined alongside a rich noun class system and verbal morphology featuring aspect and multiple verbal extensions.","UC Berkeley  \nDissertations,Department of Linguistics  \nTitle  \nThe Phonology and Morphology of Kisi  \nPermalink  \nhttps://escholarship.org/uc/item/7b3788dp  \nAuthor  \nChilds,George  \nPublication Date1988  \nThe Phonology and Morphology of Kisi  \nBy  \nGeorge Tucker Childs  \nA.B.(Stanford University)1970  \nM.Ed.(University of Virginia)1979  \nM.A.(University of California)1982  \nC.Phil.(University of California)1987  \nDISSERTATION  \nSubmitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree ofDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY  \nin  \nLINGUISTICS  \nin the  \nGRADUATE DIVISION  \nOF THE  \nUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,BERKELEY  \nApproved:  ………   12088ChairmanDate…....luao (kur……os.20,1988  \nDDCTORAL DECREE CONFERREDMAY 20,1988  \n…  \nTHE PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF KISI  \nCopyright   1988  \nAll rights reserved.  \nGeorge Tucker Childs  \nTHE PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF KISIGeorge Tucker Childs  \n# ABSTRACT\n\nThis dissertation describes the phonology and morphologyof the Kisi language,a member of the Southern Branch of(West)Atlantic.  The language is spoken in Guinea,SierraLeone,and Liberia.  After the introduction in Chapter 1and an overview of the language in Chapter 2,I discussthe phonology of the language.  The phonemic inventory hasimplosives,a full series of nasal compound stops,and aset of labialvelars.  The vowels form a symmetrical seven-vowel pattern,  and length is contrastive.    Syllablestructure is ,C(G)V(V)(C),  where the only consonantsallowed to close syllables are the liquid ana two nasals.Kisi is a tonal language with the following tones:Low,High,Extra-High(limited distribution),Rise,and Fall.Tone is used lexically with nouns and grammaticallyelsewhere,especially within the verbal morphology.  \nIn Chapter 4 I discuss the word classes of Kisi.Eesides the basic classes of nouns and verbs,Kisi has aset of adjectives,  which is amply supplemented by aproductive process of forming adjectives from verbs.There are only a few adverbs but a robust set of  \nideophones,which category is discussed at some length.  \nKisi has a rich morphology.   Chapter 5 focuses onthe noun class system,consisting of seven noun classeswith agreement shown by low numbers,  adjectives,demonstratives,and the like.  Chapter 6 looks at verbalmorphology.Aspect is basic to verbal inflections,although tense,mood,and polarity are also important.Kisi also has four verbal extensions:  Causative,Benefactive,Middle,and Plural.   The final chapterpresents several derivational processes,  includingcompounding.  \nB.Shen  \n# ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\n\nGrateful thanks go to the Chair,John Ohala,and Membersof my Dissertation Committee,Karl Zimmer and JohannaNichols.    Two unrequited readers made many helpfulcomments and provided me with encouragement,David Dwyerand John Victor Singler.   Unstinting in his efforts toprovide me with answers to what were often imbecilicquestions was Tamba Fayia Mayson.  Extremely helpful to meduring my research in Liberia were Paul Fayia B.Tengbeh,Moses D.Ndorbor,and Fallah Lambert.Thanks also goes toThe Institute of Liberian Languages in Monrovia,Liberia.Maurice Keifar provided me with considerable assistancebefore my departure for Liberia.   The whole enterprisewould not have been possible,however,without the supportof Karen Beaman.  \nThe research reported here was supported by thefollowing grants and fellowships:  Fulbright ResearchGrant,  Humanities Graduate Research Grant,  ForeignLanguages and Area Fellowship,   National ResourceFellowship,for which support I am extremely grateful.  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nChapter 1:Introduction  \n1.1 Geographical setting………………………………………………………………………1  \n1.2 Historical facts …………………………………………………………………………………3  \n1.3 Genetic classification ………………………………………………………………………6  \n1.4 Status of the language …………………………………………………………………8  \n1.5 Dialects········· …………………………………………………………11  \n1.6 Other work on Kisi…………………………………………………………………………………  \n1.7 Theoretical framework ………………………………………………………………………15  \n1.8 Data base ……………………………………………………………………","cbCaimkZh3nPcBl1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimkZh3nPcBl1","pdf",14055010,1,396,"English","en",105,"# Abstract\n# Acknowledgements\n# Table of Contents\n## Chapter 1: Introduction\n## Chapter 2: Overview of the language\n## Chapter 3: Phonology\n## Chapter 4: Word classes\n## Chapter 5: Noun class system\n## Chapter 6: Verbal morphology","[{\"question\":\"What languages and regions does the dissertation focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The dissertation focuses on Kisi, spoken in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main phonological topics covered?\",\"answer\":\"It covers the phonemic inventory, syllable structure, vowel system, and a detailed analysis of tonal patterns and intonation.\"},{\"question\":\"How is morphology addressed, especially verbal morphology?\",\"answer\":\"Morphology is analyzed through word classes, a noun class system with agreement, and verbal morphology where aspect is central, along with tense, mood, and polarity plus verbal extensions.\"}]","The Phonology and Morphology of Kisi - 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