no effect on the surface form—if the associative marker is H, then the surface form will always be two level H tones, or else an HL contour followed by an H tone, varying by speaker or dialect. In the case of (8) and (10), the floating tone which follows the noun does have a perceptible effect. In (8), the surface form is either an H tone followed by an L tone, or else an HL contour followed by a L tone (again, varying by speaker or dialect). However, in (10) the only available choice is a H tone followed by down-stepped H, demonstrating that the theorized underlying tones do have an effect on the pitch at which tones are actually pronounced. Resolution of associative tone: L-tone Noun1 + H-tone Noun2 (tones in brackets () are floating) (3) L-(L) (L) (L)-H-(L) (4) L-(L) (H) (L)-H-(L) L H [ _ – ] L H ↓ H [ / – ] mfə̀n mɛn bàm mɛn ᵐfə̀n mɛ́n bàá ↓ mɛ́n 1.chief of child 5.belly of child 'the chief of the child' 'the belly of the child' (5) L-(H) (L) (L)-H-(L) (6) L-(H) (H) (L)-H-(L) L H [ _ – ] L H ↓ H [ / – ] nà mɛn kɔ̀ mɛn nà mɛ́n kɔ̀O ↓ mɛ́n 3.cow of child 5.spear of child 'the cow of the child' 'the spear of the child' (adapted from Voorhoeve 1971:50) Resolution of associative tone: H-tone Noun1 + H-tone Noun3 (tones in brackets () are floating) (7) H-(L) (L) (L)-H-(L) (8) H-(L) (H) (L)-H-(L) [TYPO?, check] H H [ ¯ ¯ ] or H L [ ¯ _ ] or H L H [ \ ¯ ] H L L [\ _ ] mɛn mɛn ju mɛn mɛ́(ɛ)n mɛ́n ʒú(ù) mɛ́n 1.child of 1.child 3.thing of 1.child 'the child of the child' 'the thing of the child' (9) H-(H) (L) (L)-H-(L) (10) H-(H) (H) (L)-H-(L) H H [ ¯ ¯ ] H ↓ H [ ¯ – ] H L H [ \ ¯ ] cʉ mɛn nzwi mɛn tɨ́ ↓ mɛ́n ⁿʒʷí(ì) mɛ́n 3.tree of 1.child ⁿzʷí(ì) mɛ́n 'the tree of the child' 1.woman of 1.child 'the woman of the child' (adapted from Voorhoeve 1971:50) Post-nominal and pre-nominal demonstratives Medumba demonstratives (the equivalent of English "this" or "that") include three elements: a noun (N); a demonstrative (Dem), which shows noun class with the noun; an obligatory