Vol. 7 No. 2 (2025): Nicholas Rolle and Otelemate G. Harry - Why spread? Kalabari clitics spread their tone due to word-minimality, prosodic constituency, and *LHH tonotactics

Why do certain morphemes spread their tones, while other morphemes do not? We address this fundamental question in Kalabari (Kalaḅarị-Ịjọ), where certain clitics trigger a process of ‘low tone spread’ targeting following high tones more

Published: 2025-06-03