Topics in the Morphophonology of Nilotic - Winter Semester 2020/21

Jochen Trommer

Modul 1009 Theorie und Praxis sprachwissenschaftlicher Forschung • Donnerstag 09:15-10:45

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Nilotic languages show a unique concentration of morphophonological complexity. Dense nonconcatenative morphology for different phonological features (Trommer 2011), polarity phenomena (de Lacy 2012), dominance and stratification in vowel harmony processes (Noske 2000, Lesley-Neuman 2012), and still hardly understood tonal systems (Yokwe 1986). In this course, we will cover all these topics focussing on the theoretical modelling of the morphology-phonology interface.

Organisation

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Preliminary Program

Portfolio Assignments

• Assignment 1: Read a theoretical paper on a Nilo-Saharan language. Briefly discuss (in 1-2 pages) whether/how the analysis extends to same/a similar phenomenon in another Nilo-Saharan language (of your choice). For example, you may read a paper on vowel harmony in, say, Turkana and then discuss whether this analysis works for the data on vowel harmony in Maasai.
• Assignment 2: Consult a descriptive grammar (or paper) on a Nilo-Saharan language of your choice and identify a (morpho)phonological puzzle. Provide an original analysis of the data (1-2 pages).

General Literature

• de Lacy, P. (2012) Morpho-phonological Polarity. In J. Trommer (ed.) The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence. Oxford University Press, 121-159.
• Lesley-Neuman, D. (2012) Morpho-phonological Levels and Grammaticalization in Karimojong: A Review of the Evidence. Studies in African Linguistics 41(1): 100-169.
• Noske, M. (2000) [ATR] Harmony In Turkana: A Case Of Faith Suffix >> Faith Root. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 18:771-812.
• Trommer, J. (2011) Phonological Aspects of Western Nilotic Mutation Morphology. Habil. thesis, Universität Leipzig.
• Yokwe, E. M. (1986) The tonal Grammar of Bari. PhD thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Kouneli, M. & Y. Nie (2020) Across-the-board tonal polarity in Kipsigis, Ms.
Ladd, R. D., Remijsen, B., & Manyang, C. A. (2009) On the distinction between regular and irregular inflectional morphology: Evidence from Dinka. Language 85(3):659-670.

Descriptive Grammars

• Remijsen, B. & O. Gwado Ayoke (in progress) A Descriptive Grammar of Shilluk. Language Documentation & Conservation.
• Andersen, T. (2004) Jumjum Phonology. Studies in African Linguistics 33:133-162.
• Andersen, T. (2007) Kurmuk phonology. Studies in African Linguistics 36(1):29-90.
• Dimmendaal, G. J. (1983) The Turkana Language. Dordrecht: Foris.
• Creider, C. A. & Creider, J. T. (1989) A Grammar of Nandi. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag.
• Noonan, M. (1992) A grammar of Lango. Berlin and New York: Mouton.
• Tucker, A. (1994) A Grammar of Kenya Luo (Dholuo). Köln: Köppe.
• Tucker, A. N. & Mpaayei, J. T. O. (1955) A Maasai Grammar with Vocabulary. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
• Andersen, T. (1987) An outline of Lulubo phonology. Studies in African Linguistics 33(2):133-162.
• Andersen, T. (2004) Jumjum phonology. Studies in African Linguistics 18(1):40-65.
• Kilpatrick, E. & Gilley, L. (2004) The importance of word order in explaining tone patterns in Avokaya verbs. Studies in African Linguistics 33(2):235-259.
• Kutsch Lojenga, C. (1994) Ngiti: a Central Sudanic Language of Zaire. Köln: Köppe.
• Cyffer, N. (1992) We Learn Kanuri. Köln: Köppe.
• Moodie, J. A Grammar of the Lopit Language (2019). PhD thesis. The University of Melbourne.
• Stirtz, T. M. (2011) A grammar of Gaahmg A Nilo-Saharan Language of Sudan. PhD thesis. Leiden University.
• Worku, Firew Girma (2020) A Grammar of Mursi, a Nilo-Saharan Language. PhD thesis. James Cook University, Cairns.
• Reh, M. (1996) Anywa Language. Köln: Köppe.
• Reid, T. (2010) Aspects Of Phonetics, Phonology And Morphophonology Of Thok Reel. MA thesis, University of Edinburgh
• Jakobi, Angelika (1990) A Fur grammar: phonology, morphophonology and morphology Hamburg: Buske.
• Jakobi, Angelika & Crass, Joachim (2004) Grammaire du Beria (langue saharienne): avec un glossaire Francais - Beria Köln: Köppe.
• Lukas, Johannes (1953) Die Sprache der Tubu in der zentralen Sahara Berlin:Akademie-Verlag.
• Novelli, B. (1985) A Grammar of the Karimojong Language. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
• Schrock, T. (2014) A grammar of Ik (Icé-tód) : Northeast Uganda's last thriving Kuliak language. PhD thesis, Leiden University.
• Kauczor Daniel (1920) Die Bergnubische Sprache (Dialekt von Gebel Delen). Wien: Alfred Hölder.
• Jouannet, F. (1982) Le Kanembou des Ngaldoukou: langue saharienne parlée sur les rives septentrionales du Lac Tchad : phonématique et prosodie. Peeters Publishers.

Literature on Specific Phenomena

• Noske, M. (1996) [ATR] harmony in Turkana. Studies in African Linguistics 25(1):61-99.
• Bakovic, E. (2001) Vowel Harmony and Cyclicity in Eastern Nilotic. Proceedings of BLS 27.
• Andersen, T. (1999) Vowel harmony and vowel alternation in Mayak (Western Nilotic). Studies in African Linguistics 28:1-29.
• Möller, M. (2009) Vowel Harmony in Bale A study of ATR harmony in a Surmic language of Ethiopia. BA thesis, Stockholm University.
• Barasa, D. (2018) ATR vowel harmony in Ateso. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus 54.

Vocalic Chain Shifts:

• Andersen, T. (1992) Vowel quality alternation in Dinka verb inflection. Phonology 10:1--42.
• Trommer, J. (2016) Vowel Raising in Mayak as Compound Opacity. Linguistische Arbeits Berichte 9, Universität Leipzig:229-257.
• Reid, T. (2010) Aspects Of Phonetics, Phonology And Morphophonology Of Thok Reel. MA thesis, University of Edinburgh.
• Faust, N. (2017) How low can you go? A note on vowel mutation in Nuer. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 38(1): 51-64
• Andersen, T. (2017) Vowel quality alternation in Dinka verb derivation: The Agar variety. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 38(1):1-50
• Andersen, T. (1999) Vowel quality alternation in Mabaan and its Western Nilotic history. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 20(2):97-120

Vowel Length:

• Berger, M. (2020) Shilluk squib
• Trommer, J. (2014) Moraic Prefixes and Suffixes in Anywa. Lingua 140: 1-34.
• Trommer, J. (2015) Moraic Affixes and Morphological Colors in Dinka. Linguistic Inquiry 46(1): 177-112.
• Flack, K. (2007) Templatic Morphology and Indexed Markedness Constraints. Linguistic Inquiry 38:4: 749-758.
• Bert Remijsen, Otto Gwado Ayoker (2020) Floating quantity in Shilluk. Language 96(3).

Tone:

• Andersen, T. (1992) Aspects of Mabaan Tonology. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 13(2):183-204.
• Trommer, J. (2020) Tonal Overwriting. Ms. Uni Leipzig.
• Gjersøe, S. M. (2019) Tonal Interactions in Nuer Nominal Inflection. PhD thesis, Universität Leipzig.
• Ashkaba, J. A., Connell, B. A., & Hayward, R. J. (2000) Observations on Kunama tone. Studies in African Linguistics 29(1):1-42.
• Creider, C. A. (1982) Studies in Kalenjin Nominal Tonology (Language and Dialect Atlas of Kenya Supplement). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.

Consonant Mutation:

• Wolf, M. (2005) An Autosegmental Theory of Quirky Mutations. WCCFL Proceedings 24 Somerville, MA Cascadilla Proceedings Project, 370-378.
• Andersen, T. (1988) Consonant Alternation in the Verbal Morphology of Päri. Afrika und Übersee 71:63-113.
• Andersen, T. (1999) Consonant Alternation and Verbal Morphology in Mayak (Northern Burun). Afrika und Übersee 82:65-97.
• Trommer, J. (2015) Päri Consonant Mutation as Defective Root Node Affixation. Chuck Cairns and Eric Raimy, The Segment in Phonology and Phonetics, London Wiley Blackwell 283-313.
• Tatiana Reid (2019) The phonology and morphology of the Nuer verb. PhD Thesis. University of Surrey.
• Irina Monich & Matthew Baerman Stem modification in Nuer Proceedings of ACAL 47, 499-520. Berlin: Language Science Press.
• Irina Monich (2017) Vowel Length in Nuer. Proceedings of AMP 2016.

• de Lacy, P. (2012) Morpho-phonological Polarity. In J. Trommer (ed.) The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence. Oxford University Press, 121-159.
• Stirtz, T. (2012) Polar Tone of Laarim, a Surmic Language of Sudan. Proceedings of ACAL 42.

My own Work

• Trommer, J. (2007) Voicing and Polarity in Luo, Ms., Universität Leipzig.
• Trommer, J. (2005) Polar tone in Kanuri, Ms., Universität Leipzig.
• Trommer, J. (2011) Phonological Aspects of Western Nilotic Mutation Morphology. Habilitation thesis, Universität Leipzig
• Trommer, J. (2012) Constraints on Multiple-Feature Mutation. Lingua 122(11):1182-1192.
• Trommer, J. (2014) Moraic Prefixes and Suffixes in Anywa. Lingua 140:1-34.
• Trommer, J. (2015) Moraic Affixes and Morphological Colors in Dinka. Linguistic Inquiry 46(1):177-112.
• Trommer, J. (2015) Päri Consonant Mutation as Defective Root Node Affixation. Chuck Cairns and Eric Raimy, The Segment in Phonology and Phonetics, London Wiley Blackwell 283-313.
• Trommer, J. (2015) Weight vs. Weight, Tone vs. Tone: Affix Blocking in Featural Affixation Systems, LAGB Workshop on Morphological Complexity:2015. (Slides).
• Trommer, J. (2016) Featural Spreading and Affixation in Gaahmg. Replication Workshop, Leipzig:2016. (Slides).
• Trommer, J. (2016) Polarity, Floating Tones and the OCP in Anywa, OCP 13 Budapest:2016. (Slides).
• Trommer, J. & Daniel Gleim (2017) Syllable-counting Tone Allomorphy in Bari . mfm25. Manchester:2017. (Slides).

Contact

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