The role of tone in marking future tense in Xibila
Raul Balate
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The role of tone in marking future tense in Xibila

Verbal Tonology

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The author argues within the autosegmental theoretical apparatus proposed by Goldsmith that the Future Tense is marked morpho-suprasegmentally in Xibila, a variant of Changana S53 in Gutrhie's 1967-1971 classification spoken in the Chibuto District. Previous studies on the marking of Tense and Aspect always favored the morphological domain. The data collected through philological, interview and introspective technical-methodological assumptions indicate that the tone intervenes inseparably from the morphemes in the marking of the Future Tense in Xibila. Furthermore, the data collected from the...