@phdthesis{106323,
  author          = {Yokwe, Eluzai Moga},
  pages           = {517},
  school          = {University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign},
  title           = {The Tonal Grammar of Bari (Nilotic; Sudan)},
  year            = {1987},
  abstract        = {This thesis presents a comprehensive description of the tonal system of Bari, an Eastern Nilotic language spoken around Juba in the Sudan. In particular, the thesis attempts to thoroughly describe both the tonal structure of the Bari word as well as the tonal interactions that result from the juxtaposition of words in sentences. The tone of verbal roots as well as the tonal properties of the extensive system of verbal derivation in Bari is presented in detail. Bari verb roots are shown to display 'melodic' tone: there are just two (underlying) tonal patterns-H and LHL-regardless of the syllabic length of the root. Some verbal suffixes are 'toneless' whereas other suffixes contribute a tone to the tonal tier of the word. Bari noun roots are 'non-melodic': each syllable of the noun root selects from the underlying inventory of tones independently of the other syllables. The tonal properties of noun suffixes are complex and straightforward rules governing the tone of derived nouns are not possible. The bulk of the thesis details the effect that the tone of one word has on an adjacent word. Two principal rules operate across word boundaries: High Tone Spread and High Tone Lowering. A rule of Contour Simplification applies to the output of these two rules. It is shown that the rule of High Tone Lowering must apply iteratively across the sentence in a left-to-right manner. Evidence in favor of iterative rather than (syntactically) cyclic rule application is presented in detail.},
  bestfn          = {africa\yokwe_bari1987v2_o.pdf},
  besttxt         = {ptxt2\africa\yokwe_bari1987v2_o.txt},
  cfn             = {africa\yokwe_bari1987_o.pdf},
  degree          = {PhD},
  delivered       = {africa\yokwe_bari1987_o.pdf},
  digital_formats = {PDF 16.85Mb image-only PDF},
  fn              = {africa\yokwe_bari1987v2_o.pdf, africa\yokwe_bari1987.pdf, africa\yokwe_bari1987_o.pdf},
  hhtype          = {phonology},
  inlg            = {English [eng]},
  lgcode          = {Bari [bfa]},
  macro_area      = {Africa},
  source          = {DAI-A 48/07, p. 1757, Jan 1988},
  src             = {hh},
  subject         = {LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS (0290)},
  umi_id          = {8721790}
}