Editing Meeussen's rule (section)

==Exceptions==
Spreading of a tone across two or more syllables is quite common in Bantu languages. Tones that derive from spreading (or from plateauing, the spreading of high pitch from one high tone to another) are not affected by Meeussen's rule. Thus, in the [[Chewa language]] of [[Malawi]], for example, when the word ''kuph'''í'''ka'' 'to cook' is followed by a direct object such as ''nyama'' 'meat', the tone on the penultimate syllable will spread: ''kuph'''í'''k'''á''' nyama'' 'to cook meat'.<ref>Kanerva (1990), p. 59.</ref>

There are many other exceptions to Meeussen's rule. For example, Shona verbs, in certain circumstances, may have two high tones in adjacent syllables. In the subjunctive ''<u>t'''í'''-t'''é'''</u>ngésé'' 'we should sell', both ''tí'' and ''té-'' have underlying high tones (the high tones of ''-ngésé'' arise from tone spreading), yet the tone of ''té-'' is not deleted.<ref>Myers, (1997), p. 870.</ref> Likewise, in the Chewa verb ''a-<u>n'''á'''-k'''á'''</u>-f'''ó'''tokoza'' 'he went and explained', the tone of ''ká'' 'go and' does not get lowered although it follows the high-toned tense-marker ''ná''.<ref>[[Larry Hyman|Hyman]], Larry M. & Al D. Mtenje (1999). [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Larry_Hyman/publication/287771880_Prosodic_morphology_and_tone_The_case_of_Chichewa/links/57a0888f08ae100d3809c7d7.pdf "Prosodic Morphology and tone: the case of Chichewa"] in René Kager, Harry van der Hulst and Wim Zonneveld (eds.) ''The Prosody-Morphology Interface''. Cambridge University Press, 90-133.</ref>