DOWNSTEP IN SUPYIRE

Downstep in Supyire

Downstep in the vast majority of cases can be traced to the influence of a low tone [Hyman 1979].This paper discusses the case of Supyire, a three tone language with downstep OPTIPET MULTI PETS unrelated to low tone.Sequences of high tones are automatically downstepped.Confusion with mid tone is in most cases avoided by a rule which raises mid to h

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