@article{46862,
  author           = {Flavien Gbeto},
  journal          = {Journal of African Languages and Linguistics},
  number           = {1},
  pages            = {29-52},
  publisher        = {Walter de Gruyter},
  title            = {Esquisse de la tonologie synchronique du Ayizɔ d'Allada, dialecte gbe du Sud-Bénin},
  url              = {http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jall.2006.27.issue-1/jall.2006.003/jall.2006.003.xml},
  volume           = {27},
  year             = {2006},
  abstract         = {I want to show in this paper that Ayizɔ, a Gbe dialect spoken in the southern part of Benin, has two underlying tones: H and L. The other tones, i.e., M, LH, HL, MH and HM, are realizations of these two tones. I shall demonstrate that the HL tone of nouns are derived through a H-Insertion-Rule, when the consonant is a voiceless obstruent; this high tone prevents the spreading of the prefix L tone through a voiceless obstruent. Interestingly, in this dialect, the application of the rules depends on the nature of the consonants. The LH tone is derived through a L-Spreading-Rule. The MH tone is derived through a M-Spreading rule, whereas the HM is derived through H-Insertion Rule and an assimilation rule of the final L tone. The M tone is an allotone of L in the environment of a H tone.},
  bestfn           = {africa\gbeto_tonologie-ayizo2006.pdf},
  besttxt          = {ptxt2\africa\gbeto_tonologie-ayizo2006.txt},
  cfn              = {africa\gbeto_tonologie-ayizo2006.pdf},
  delivered        = {africa\gbeto_tonologie-ayizo2006.pdf},
  doi              = {10.1515/jall.2006.003},
  fn               = {africa\gbeto_tonologie-ayizo2006_o.pdf, africa\gbeto_tonologie-ayizo2006.pdf},
  hhtype           = {phonology},
  inlg             = {French [fra]},
  issn             = {0167-6164},
  lgcode           = {Gbe-Ayizo [ayb]},
  macro_area       = {Africa},
  src              = {degruyter, hh, weball},
  subject_headings = {waf, bnn, lng, phn, tnl, u.181}
}