Author: Lothaire Niyonkuru
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Morphological and Syntactic Analysis of the Verb Extension System of the Rundi Language
Author: Lothaire Niyonkuru
Publisher:
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Category : Rundi language
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Rundi language
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
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Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
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ISBN:
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Wisconsin African Studies News & Notes
Author:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Language and Language Behavior Abstracts
Author:
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Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Word Order and Information Structure in Makhuwa-Enahara
Author: Jenneke Van der Wal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Enahara dialect
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This thesis investigates the grammar of Makhuwa-Enahara, a Bantu language spoken in the north of Mozambique. The information structure is an influential factor in this language, determining the word order and the use of special conjugations known as conjoint and disjoint verb forms. The thesis consists of two parts. The first part is a grammatical description of the language, covering the basic properties in the phonology, prosody and morphology of the nominal and verbal domain, as well as an overview of the conjugational system. The chapter also examines some syntactic issues, such as relativisation and non-verbal predication. The second part is concerned with the question how syntax and information structure interact in Makhuwa-Enahara. The elements in a sentence are positioned before or after the verb on the basis of their information structure. Elements in the preverbal domain are interpreted as more accessible, functioning as topics. The disjoint verb and elements in the postverbal domain form the comment. The element immediately following the conjoint verb form is interpreted not just as new information, but as exclusive, meaning that the proposition holds for that referent and not for (some) other referents. These data can be accounted for if insights from syntax and information structure are combined. Two such approaches are discussed: a cartographic model and an interface model. Two interface rules are proposed to account for the interpretation of word order and the conjoint and disjoint verb forms in Makhuwa-Enahara.
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Category : Enahara dialect
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This thesis investigates the grammar of Makhuwa-Enahara, a Bantu language spoken in the north of Mozambique. The information structure is an influential factor in this language, determining the word order and the use of special conjugations known as conjoint and disjoint verb forms. The thesis consists of two parts. The first part is a grammatical description of the language, covering the basic properties in the phonology, prosody and morphology of the nominal and verbal domain, as well as an overview of the conjugational system. The chapter also examines some syntactic issues, such as relativisation and non-verbal predication. The second part is concerned with the question how syntax and information structure interact in Makhuwa-Enahara. The elements in a sentence are positioned before or after the verb on the basis of their information structure. Elements in the preverbal domain are interpreted as more accessible, functioning as topics. The disjoint verb and elements in the postverbal domain form the comment. The element immediately following the conjoint verb form is interpreted not just as new information, but as exclusive, meaning that the proposition holds for that referent and not for (some) other referents. These data can be accounted for if insights from syntax and information structure are combined. Two such approaches are discussed: a cartographic model and an interface model. Two interface rules are proposed to account for the interpretation of word order and the conjoint and disjoint verb forms in Makhuwa-Enahara.
Kirundi, Basic Course
Author: Foreign Service Institute (U.S.)
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Category : Rundi language
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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Category : Rundi language
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
The Psychology of Language
Author: Trevor A. Harley
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1317710029
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1083
Book Description
This thorough revision and update of the popular second edition contains everything the student needs to know about the psychology of language: how we understand, produce, and store language.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1317710029
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1083
Book Description
This thorough revision and update of the popular second edition contains everything the student needs to know about the psychology of language: how we understand, produce, and store language.
Yearbook of Morphology 2002
Author: G.E. Booij
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306482231
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
The Yearbook of Morphology 2002 discusses the morphology of a variety of pidgin and Creole languages which appear to have much more morphology than traditionally assumed. Other topics include the morphological use of truncation for the coinage of proper names in Germanic and Romance languages, the way affixes are combined and ordered in complex words, and the complex linguistic principles behind these orderings.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306482231
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
The Yearbook of Morphology 2002 discusses the morphology of a variety of pidgin and Creole languages which appear to have much more morphology than traditionally assumed. Other topics include the morphological use of truncation for the coinage of proper names in Germanic and Romance languages, the way affixes are combined and ordered in complex words, and the complex linguistic principles behind these orderings.
Kinyarwanda and Kirundi Comparative Grammar
Author: R. David Paul Zorc
Publisher: Sky Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher: Sky Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description