Meeussen's rule is a special case of tone reduction. It was first described in Bantu languages, but occurs in analyses of other languages as well, such...
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Obligatory contour principle (section Meeussen's rule)
particular instance of the OCP is Meeussen's rule (Goldsmith 1984), named after the Belgian Bantu specialist A. E. Meeussen, which has been used to explain...
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spoken in western Tanzania. Kirundi is one of the languages where Meeussen's rule, a rule describing a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages...
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Luganda tones (section Meeussen's rule (HH > HL))
'to enter' Verbs in Luganda are particularly affected by a rule known as Meeussen's rule, which is common in many African languages, whereby a sequence...
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vowels of a word and so they are word tones. Venda tone also follows Meeussen's rule: when a word beginning with a high tone is preceded by that high tone...
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Cree (1962). Meeussen was especially interested in the tones of the Bantu languages, and is famous for his discovery of Meeussen's rule, which describes...
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featural syllabary used to write the Sintu or Southern Bantu languages. Meeussen's rule Nguni languages Proto-Bantu Swadesh list Wells, John C. (2008). Longman...
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object-marker and the second tone is lost: ti-mú-phe! 'let's kill him!' Meeussen's Rule is a process in several Bantu languages whereby a sequence HH becomes...
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tone is absolute, rather than relative, and no tone sandhi occurs. Meeussen's rule Musical language Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den Tones change over...
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marked as a falling tone. This is often illustrated in Kirundi in Meeussen's rule. Propositions have also been made that tones can shift by a metrical...
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also by the fact that the sequence HH generally becomes HL by a rule called Meeussen's rule. Thus asóma means 'he reads', but when the toneless prefix a-...
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others had one tone or none. However, over time, processes such as Meeussen's rule, by which sequences such as HHH became HLL, LHL, or LLH, tended to...
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Burundi Makamba Makamba Province Melchior Ndadaye Michel Micombero Meeussen's rule Mount Heha Mugongo-Manga Mpanda Muramvya Muramvya Province Musigati...
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(1971) and (1972). "Morphotonology of Zambian Tonga: Some Developments of Meeussen's System". African Language Studies 12: 1-30 and 14: 36-52. For a list of...
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Heijenoort 1977. Péter 1935. Robinson 1948. Ritchie 1965, p. 1028. Buck 1963. Meeussen & Zantema 1992, p. 6. Munafo 1999a. Ritchie 1965. Sundblad 1971. Porto...
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Kifuliru among the African Great Lakes Bantu languages. Achille Emile Meeussen and linguists at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren categorized...
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doi:10.1126/science.7863342. PMID 7863342. S2CID 6764146. Josserand M, Meeussen E, Majid A, Dediu D (2021). "Environment and culture shape both the colour...
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Cabras-Sardinia. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024. "UIC Cyclo-cross Rules and Regulations" (PDF). uci.org. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 9 November...
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open World Cup". VeloNews. Retrieved 27 September 2016. "UCI Cyclo-cross Rules and Regulations" (PDF). uci.org. 21 February 2024. Chapter III. Retrieved...
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politeness.) An idiom "very widespread" among Bantu languages, according to Meeussen, is that if a series of commands is given, usually only the first is imperative...
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Thibau Nys (BEL) 2022 Emiel Verstrynge (BEL) Thibau Nys (BEL) Witse Meeussen (BEL) 2023 Jente Michels (BEL) Emiel Verstrynge (BEL) Rémi Lelandais (FRA)...
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tally of 240 – while a second-place finish was enough for Belgium's Witse Meeussen to claim the junior men's title. At the final event in the Netherlands...
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Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Marianne Vos (f) Men's Junior winner: Witse Meeussen Men's U23 winner: Eli Iserbyt November 17, 2018: CCWC #4 in Tábor Elite...
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(Italy). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race in Antwerp was annulled. Rules 2017, p. 20. Streep door Scheldecross: geen WB-manche door coronamaatregelen...
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determine starting order in races, but have no impact on World Cup standings. Rules 2017, p. 20. "UCI World Cup Standings Men" (PDF). UCI. 29 January 2023....
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