Alternative Pronunciations in Dagbanli
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https://doi.org/10.53103/cjlls.v6i1.257Keywords:
Dagbanli, Alternative, Model, Dialect, EthnographyAbstract
This paper describes alternative pronunciations in Dagbanli based on the model for describing dialectal differences. The paper shows vowel segments as source of alternative pronunciations in the language, a finding that answers the research question, “Which segments accounts for the observed difference in Dagbanli dialects?” The analysis is based on the primary data collected. The major findings provide evidence to show that the voiced coronal stop /d/ becomes [t], [ʧ] and [k] as forms of alternative pronunciations in Dagbanli. Finally, the paper shows that the alternation of the vowel segments in stems is random but not rule governed.
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