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The Ghanaian linguistics nexus
Full text linkThere is a long and rich tradition of excellence in Ghanaian linguistics and the detailed study of Ghanaian languages. This tradition has expanded by leaps and bounds in recent years, thanks in part to a cadre of renowned and highly productive Ghanaian linguists conducting research at universities around the globe, as well as in Ghana itself. So too has the commitment to careful description, documentation, and theorizing underlying this tradition been extended to the students that these scholars have trained. The papers in this volume reflect the vast reach of this research tradition, grounded in but expanding beyond Ghanaian languages, ranging from experimental phonetics, to language description, to political discourse analysis
The Lawngtlang Zophei verbal complex
Full text linkKuki-Chin languages offer complex and innovative agreement systems within Tibeto-Burman which make use of pre- and post-verbal subject and object agreement markers. The choice of verb paradigm often varies based on valency, mood, and polarity, among other factors. Outside of current work at Indiana University, Zophei is undescribed. This research contributes to the literature on Kuki-Chin agreement by offering a description of the verbal complex of Lawngtlang Zophei based on the intuitions of (co-author) Zai Sung, a native speaker. The description includes subject and object agreement paradigms for contexts varying by valency (transitive, intransitive), polarity (negative, affirmative), and mood (declarative, interrogative, imperative). In addition, the plural subject/object marker, directional, future, negative, and question markers are discussed along with the order of morphemes within the verbal complex. 
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No full textThis dissertation presents in-depth description and analysis the Zophei sound system within the context of the closely-related Maraic languages. Zophei (or Zyphe, ISO 639-3 ZYP), a previously undocumented member of the Maraic branch of Kuki-Chin (or South-Central Tibeto-Burman) spoken in Southern Thantlang Township, Chin State, Burma/Myanmar and by thousands of speakers in Indianapolis, Indiana. Using primary data elicited during three years of fieldwork, the sound systems of Lawngtlang, Tlawngrang, and Nuitah Zophei are investigated in detail. Special attention is paid to the segmental, syllable structure, and tonal inventories. A long history of language contact in the Maraic-speaking world has brought on radical innovations in syllable structure, vowel systems, and tone that have, as of yet, seen little linguistic analysis. Outside of the present research program, no previous linguistic work on Zophei exists. As such, this thesis endeavors to describe and analyze the sound systems of Zophei varieties
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Tone in South Central Tibeto-Burman
Full text linkSouth Central Tibeto-Burman (or Kuki-Chin) languages have diverse systems of lexical and grammatical tone. Previous literature on South Central suggests that researchers can expect to encounter broad variation between languages and dialects. The goals of this paper are twofold: (1) to offer an overview of tone research in South Central languages, and (2) to prepare the linguistic field researcher to incorporate tone study into their data collection and analysis
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