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(20) E A <br />

I – – + +<br />

– – + +<br />

J5 J5 + + – –<br />

@ @ @ @ + + – –<br />

@ @ @ @ + + – –<br />

5 + + – –<br />

+ + – –<br />

Olson & Schrag mention <strong>the</strong>se same co-occurrence restrictions for Mono, but note<br />

that <strong>the</strong>re are exceptions. Indeed, several exceptions exist in my corpus:<br />

(21) IFA IFA IFA IFA ~ IAFA IAFA ‘stay’<br />

5K 5K 5K 5K ~ 5 5 K K K K ‘scar’<br />

5(J= 5(J= 5(J= 5(J= ~ 5A(J= 5A(J= ‘intestine’<br />

J5 J5 J5 J5 ~ A5A A5A<br />

‘3SG’<br />

J5( J5( J5( J5(<br />

‘towards’<br />

In <strong>the</strong> Mono lexicon, exceptions to <strong>the</strong> general restriction are rare, but two <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

forms, J5 J5 J5 J5 ‘3SG’ <strong>and</strong> J5( J5( J5( J5( ‘towards’ are quite common in Mono discourse. It appears <strong>the</strong>n,<br />

that <strong>the</strong>se restrictions are being relaxed in Mono. This may be partly due to pressure from<br />

<strong>the</strong> trade language, Lingala, spoken in <strong>the</strong> Mono region but not in <strong>the</strong> Tangbago <strong>and</strong><br />

Linda regions. In Lingala, alveolar fricatives freely occur before front vowels, e.g. IE= IE= IE= IE=<br />

‘new’, IA(( IA(( IA(( IA(( ‘always’, = = = = ‘to burn’, A(= A(= A(= A(= ‘obstacle’.<br />

Table 2.1 shows all <strong>the</strong> C+V combinations attested in Mono. A full set <strong>of</strong> sample<br />

words is given in Table F.1 <strong>of</strong> Appendix F. The first sign in each box is for word-initial<br />

syllables, <strong>the</strong> second sign is for non-initial syllables. A plus sign (+) indicates that <strong>the</strong><br />

C+V combination is attested in my corpus. A minus sign (–) indicates that it is not<br />

attested. A minus sign with an asterisk (–*) indicates forms which are attested by<br />

Kam<strong>and</strong>a.<br />

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