@phdthesis{74199,
  address               = {Ann Arbor},
  author                = {Roberts-Kohno, Rosalind Ruth},
  note                  = {Includes bibliographical references (S. 285-289)},
  pages                 = {xx+289},
  publisher             = {UMI},
  school                = {Ohio State University},
  title                 = {Kikamba Phonology and Morphology},
  year                  = {2000},
  abstract              = {This dissertation describes and analyzes the phonology and morphology of the Bantu language Kikamba, spoken in Kenya. Kikamba data contributes to several theoretical issues, namely, empty segments and vowel hiatus, tone features, and the syntax-phonology interface. In order to show the theoretical significance of Kikamba in these areas, an explanation of the morphological and phonological systems is first provided. Kikamba marks agreement through prefixes added to stems in all word classes. I discuss the noun class system and the process of stem formation by which nouns are derived. For verbs, derivational and inflectional morphemes, subject and object prefixes, and paradigms which show the morphological and tonal structure of 20 tenses are presented. I also provide a thorough description of the processes of syllabification and vowel coalescence, which are crucial to understanding tonal behavior and vowel hiatus. Kikamba is a very convincing case of a language with an empty consonantal root node which is unspecified for features. This 'empty C' causes vowels which normally coalesce to remain distinct and syllabify into separate syllables. Moreover, this empty C surfaces as <italic>s</italic>, <italic> l</italic>, <italic>b</italic>, <italic>d</italic>, and <italic>g</italic> in specific contexts. While this empty C causes hiatus between vowels word-internally, it deletes at the phrase level, allowing all vowel combinations to coalesce. Kikamba is a four-tone language in which the Super-High and Super-Low tone pattern together, thereby providing evidence that they share the tone feature [+extreme]. Moreover, this feature is sensitive to syntactic structure. Specifically, this feature must surface at the right edge of a maximal projection (X-Max). In lexical tones, [+extreme] deletes when it is not at the right edge of X-Max, which affects both Super-High and Super-Low tones. In grammatical tones, only the Super-Low tone deletes, and Super-High remains, even if not at the right edge of X-Max. The phrasal Super-Low tone assigned to assertive verbs shifts to a following complement in order to arrive at the right edge of X-Max. Finally, it is shown that morphological agreement influences phrasing, and thus the behavior of the feature [+extreme], and that CP clauses are impermeable to the shift of phrasal Super-Low tone.},
  adviser               = {Odden, David},
  bestfn                = {africa\robertskohno_kikamba2000_o.pdf},
  besttxt               = {ptxt2\africa\robertskohno_kikamba2000_o.txt},
  cfn                   = {africa\robertskohno_kikamba2000_o.pdf},
  citekeys              = {cldf4:g_Roberts-Kohno_Kikamba},
  class_loc             = {PL8351.1},
  degree                = {PhD},
  delivered             = {africa\robertskohno_kikamba2000_o.pdf},
  digital_formats       = {PDF 10.78Mb image-only PDF},
  document_type         = {CF},
  filenames             = {kam.pdf},
  fn                    = {africa\robertskohno_kikamba2000_o.pdf, africa\roberts-kohno_kikamba2000.pdf},
  fnnote                = {pdf, 11,1 MB},
  hhtype                = {grammar},
  inlg                  = {English [eng]},
  isbn                  = {9780599665040},
  isreferencedby        = {cldf4},
  keywords              = {;nea;eaf;kny;lng;grm;phn;tnl;bnt;e.55;ths;},
  lgcode                = {Kamba (Kenya) [kam]},
  macro_area            = {Africa},
  mpi_eva_library_shelf = {PL 8351 .1 ROB 2007},
  mpifn                 = {627exm},
  oclc                  = {46983659},
  phoible_inventoryid   = {1443},
  source                = {DAI-A 61/02, p. 593, Aug 2000},
  src                   = {cldf, eballiso2009, hh, mpieva, phoible, weball},
  subject               = {LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS (0290)},
  subject_headings      = {Kamba language –Phonology, Kamba language –Morphology, Kamba language –Phonology – Kamba language –Morphology},
  umi_id                = {9962448}
}