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• Tone
  ...n languages. A high tone is usually indicated with an acute (tá) and a low tone with a grave (tà). In [[Margi]] we find the following lexical items:
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• Tone language
  ...[word]] determines the meaning of that word (i.e. [[lexical tone]]). Thus, tone languages use tonal contrasts to distinguish word meanings or grammatical c *[[Tone]]
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• Code-switching
  ...s from other interlocutors. The '''phatic function''' signals a change in 'tone'. The '''metalinguistic function''' occurs when speakers comment on a speci
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• James D. McCawley/publications
  *1968c. Lexical insertion in a transformational grammar without deep structure. CLS 4.71-80 *1970g. A note on tone in Tiv conjugation. Studies in African Linguistics 1.123-30. Reprinted in M
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• Hadza
  ==== Stress and tone ==== ...owel length and attracts stress). It may be that some loanwords retain the tone of their source language.
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