{"id":1127,"date":"2016-12-21T16:12:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/langsci-press\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2016-12-21T16:18:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:18:27","slug":"open-review-of-tone-in-yongning-na-lexical-tones-and-morphotonology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/langsci-press\/2016\/12\/21\/open-review-of-tone-in-yongning-na-lexical-tones-and-morphotonology\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Review of “Tone in Yongning Na: Lexical tones and morphotonology”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Language Science Press\"109\"<\/a> provides books as Open Access, but we also strive to make the whole publication process more open. Our software<\/a> is open source, the Latex-code for all our books is openly available<\/a>, and our bibliographies are on Glottolog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One aspect of this openness is Open Review. The idea is that instead of two blind reviewers, the whole community can comment on a new manuscript and point out merits and possible improvements. A discussion of the theoretical axes along which Open Review can be differentiated can be found here<\/a>; a report of practical experiences by Stefan M\u00fcller is here<\/a>. At the time Stefan wrote his report, the technical infrastructure needed for doing Open Review was not fully in place yet, but now we are happy to announce that we will start Open Review as we intend it to be. Our first book to enter this Open Review stage is “Tone in Yongning Na: Lexical tones and morphotonology<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

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Yongning Na, also known as Mosuo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Southwest China. This book provides a description and analysis of its tone system, progressing from lexical tones towards morphotonology. Tonal changes permeate numerous aspects of the morphosyntax of Yongning Na. They are not the product of a small set of phonological rules, but of a host of rules that are restricted to specific morphosyntactic contexts. Rich morphotonological systems have been reported in this area of Sino-Tibetan, but book-length descriptions remain few. This study of an endangered language contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of prosodic systems in East Asia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Regarding the axes established in the previous blogpost, this setup positions itself as follows:<\/p>\n