Dogon noncompositional constructional tonosyntax

Dogon DP tonosyntax can often be reduced to simple schemata of the type [TO C] or [C OT] where a reference-restricting C[ontroller] imposes a tonal O[verlay] on an adjacent T[arget] word or string. If two or more potential controllers are present in a DP, usually the outermost (highest) one controls the entire inner string, as when Poss-N-Adj-Num is realized as [Poss O[N Adj Num]], which is simply an instance of the formula [C OT]. But several Dogon languages also have tonal patterns for certain DP configurations that cannot be generated by binary [TO C] or [C OT] patterns or any combination thereof. These call for an explicitly noncompositional constructional tonosyntactic model. Numerals, which in simple N-Num or N-Adj-Num sequences are tonosyntactically inert, play an interesting catalysing role in constructional tonosyntax, activating latent control potential in definites and (originally appositional) postposed possessors.