TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.2 Historical Background
1.3 Socio-Cultural Profile
1.4 Scope and Organization of Study
1.5 Theoretical Framework
1.6 Data Collection
1.7 Data Analysis
1.8 Genetic Classification
1.9 Review of the Chosen Theoretical Framework
CHAPTER TWO: BASIC PHONOLOGICAL CONCEPTS
IN KOENOEM
2.0 Introduction
2.1 The Sound System of Koenoem Language
2.1.1 Consonants of Koenoem
2.1.1.1 The Description and Distribution of Consonant
Sounds in Koenoem Language
2.1.2 Vowels of Koenoem Language
2.1.2.1 The Description and Distribution of Vowel Sounds
in Koenoem Language
2.2 Tonal Inventory of Koenoem
2.3 Syllable Inventory of Koenoem
2.4 Distinctive Features
2.4.1 Distinctive Feature Matrix for Koenoem Consonants
2.4.2 Justification of the Features Used
2.4.3 Distinctive Feature Matrix for Koenoem Vowels
2.4.4 Justification of the Features Used
CHAPTER THREE: PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSES
3.0 Introduction
3.1 Phonological Processes Defined
3.1.1 Assimilation
3.1.1.1 Nasalization
3.1.1.2 Labialization
3.1.1.3 Palatalisation
3.1.1.4 Velarization
3.1.2 Insertion
CHAPTER FOUR: KOENOEM TONAL AND SYLLABLE PROCESSES
4.0 Introduction
4.1 What is a tone language?
4.1.1 Tone Typology
4.1.2 The tone – bearing unit (TBU)
4.1.3 Tonal patterns in Koenoem
4.1.4 Co-occurrence of tones in Koenoem
4.1.5 Functions of Tones
4. 1.6 Tonal Processes
4.1.6.1 Tone Spreading
4.1.6.2 Tone Stability