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APPENDIX A
TEXTS
This appendix contains a narrative text (Section A.1), a procedural text (Section
A.2), and ten proverbs in Mono (Section A.3) with a translation in English. The first line
of each interlinearized sentence gives a phonemic transcription of the sentence. The
second line parses words into their individual morphemes. The third line provides a gloss
of each morpheme. The fourth line is a free translation of the sentence.
In Section A.4, I provide frequency counts for consonants, vowels, and tones in
each of the three texts. In addition, frequency counts of these items were obtained for a
larger corpus of texts not included in this dissertation.
A.1 The Elephant, the Turtle, and the Hippo (Narrative text)
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1.
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= E @( (@ (@(== JH C(C( =(I(A
1PL.INCL enter-NF mark INF-hear mark-mouth PN
Let’s hear a story now.
time DET this-DEIC
2.
@(= @(= @(= @(= JH JH JH JH ( ( ( ( >== >== >== >== >=C >=C >=C >=C (@ (@ (@ (@ ( ( ( (
(@(== JH ( >== >=C (@ (
mark-mouth PN of elephant turtle and hippo
The story of the elephant, the turtle, and the hippo.
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3.
>== >== >== >== @( @( @( @( =C= =C= =C= =C= =( =( J5 J5 J5 J5 I( I( I( I( =(( =(( =(( =(( CKIK CKIK CKIK CKIK
>== @( =C= =( J5 I =(( CKIK
elephant COP animal REL 3SG be-NF at-in bush
The elephant is an animal that lives in the bush.
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