Author: Edmond Biloa
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Category : Bantu languages
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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The Syntax of Operator Constructions in Tuki
Author: Edmond Biloa
Publisher:
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Category : Bantu languages
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Publisher:
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Category : Bantu languages
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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The Syntax of Tuki
Author: Edmond Biloa
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027272360
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
This monograph conducts a syntactic study of Tuki, a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, from a cartographic perspective. The following domains are meticulously explored: The Complementizer Domain, the Inflectional Domain and the Verbal Domain. This study reveals that there is a relative phrase (RelP) located between ForceP and FocP. Moreover, a detailed analysis of an articulated IP provides the order of clausal functional heads that manifest aspectual morphology, which is theoretically closely related to issues in adverbial syntax. Additionally, the language under study unveils a very rich structural make up of DP and the surface word orders attested in this phrase can be accounted for in terms of snowballing movement operations along the lines previously sketched in the format of the Split DP Hypothesis. Overall, this cartographic analysis is bound to enrich our morphosyntactic knowledge of UG clausal architecture by demonstrating that its rich underlying structural skeleton is correlated by a wealthy surface structural and functional map. Edmond Biloa is professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Department of African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Yaounde I in Cameroon (Africa).
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027272360
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
This monograph conducts a syntactic study of Tuki, a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, from a cartographic perspective. The following domains are meticulously explored: The Complementizer Domain, the Inflectional Domain and the Verbal Domain. This study reveals that there is a relative phrase (RelP) located between ForceP and FocP. Moreover, a detailed analysis of an articulated IP provides the order of clausal functional heads that manifest aspectual morphology, which is theoretically closely related to issues in adverbial syntax. Additionally, the language under study unveils a very rich structural make up of DP and the surface word orders attested in this phrase can be accounted for in terms of snowballing movement operations along the lines previously sketched in the format of the Split DP Hypothesis. Overall, this cartographic analysis is bound to enrich our morphosyntactic knowledge of UG clausal architecture by demonstrating that its rich underlying structural skeleton is correlated by a wealthy surface structural and functional map. Edmond Biloa is professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Department of African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Yaounde I in Cameroon (Africa).
Functional Categories and the Syntax of Focus in Tuki
Author: Edmond Biloa
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Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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The Syntax of Chichewa
Author: Sam Mchombo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521573788
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This comprehensive book provides a detailed description of the major syntactic structures of Chichewa. Assuming no prior knowledge of current theory, it covers topics such as relative clause and question formation, interactions between tone and syntactic structure, aspects of clause structure such as complementation, and phonetics and phonology. It also provides a detailed account of argument structure, in which the role of verbal suffixation is examined. Sam Mchombo's description is supplemented by observations about how the study of African languages, specifically Bantu languages, has contributed to progress in grammatical theory, including the debates that have raged within linguistic theory about the relationship between syntax and the lexicon, and the contributions of African linguistic structure to the evaluation of competing grammatical theories. Clearly organised and accessible, The Syntax of Chichewa will be an invaluable resource for students interested in linguistic theory and how it can be applied to a specific language.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521573788
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This comprehensive book provides a detailed description of the major syntactic structures of Chichewa. Assuming no prior knowledge of current theory, it covers topics such as relative clause and question formation, interactions between tone and syntactic structure, aspects of clause structure such as complementation, and phonetics and phonology. It also provides a detailed account of argument structure, in which the role of verbal suffixation is examined. Sam Mchombo's description is supplemented by observations about how the study of African languages, specifically Bantu languages, has contributed to progress in grammatical theory, including the debates that have raged within linguistic theory about the relationship between syntax and the lexicon, and the contributions of African linguistic structure to the evaluation of competing grammatical theories. Clearly organised and accessible, The Syntax of Chichewa will be an invaluable resource for students interested in linguistic theory and how it can be applied to a specific language.
Current Research in African Linguistics
Author: Oluseye Adesola
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443881422
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
Current Research in African Linguistics recognizes and honors Ọladele Awobuluyi’s contributions to African linguistics. The contributors, an international group of scholars, represent four generations of African linguists who have been influenced by Awobuluyi’s work as a scholar and teacher. The papers are organized into three thematic sections, namely applied linguistics and sociolinguistics; phonology and morphology; and syntax and semantics and their interfaces. The wide range of topics investigated in this volume will enhance the reader’s understanding of current issues in the field of African linguistics today. Indeed, the book marks an important contribution to the expanding work on language documentation and comparative linguistics by presenting data and linguistic analysis from a number of different African languages.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443881422
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
Current Research in African Linguistics recognizes and honors Ọladele Awobuluyi’s contributions to African linguistics. The contributors, an international group of scholars, represent four generations of African linguists who have been influenced by Awobuluyi’s work as a scholar and teacher. The papers are organized into three thematic sections, namely applied linguistics and sociolinguistics; phonology and morphology; and syntax and semantics and their interfaces. The wide range of topics investigated in this volume will enhance the reader’s understanding of current issues in the field of African linguistics today. Indeed, the book marks an important contribution to the expanding work on language documentation and comparative linguistics by presenting data and linguistic analysis from a number of different African languages.
Proceedings of the 7th World Congress of African Linguistics, Buea, 17-21 August 2012
Author: G. Atindogbe
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956764981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
This book is a composite of 40 purely scientific and peer-reviewed papers presented during the Seventh World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL7) at the University of Buea, Cameroon, in 2012. The different chapters of the volume fall within the scope of African languages in relation to linguistics and other related disciplines, where a varied range of theoretical examinations, investigations and/or discussions as well as pure description of aspects of language are offered. For the purpose of clarity and easy accessibility of the content, the chapters are further subcategorized into nine sections, which include: Borrowing, Discourse Analysis, Historical Linguistics, Intercultural Communication, Language Documentation, Language in Education, Morpho-syntax, Phonetics and Phonology, and Sociolinguistics.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956764981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
This book is a composite of 40 purely scientific and peer-reviewed papers presented during the Seventh World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL7) at the University of Buea, Cameroon, in 2012. The different chapters of the volume fall within the scope of African languages in relation to linguistics and other related disciplines, where a varied range of theoretical examinations, investigations and/or discussions as well as pure description of aspects of language are offered. For the purpose of clarity and easy accessibility of the content, the chapters are further subcategorized into nine sections, which include: Borrowing, Discourse Analysis, Historical Linguistics, Intercultural Communication, Language Documentation, Language in Education, Morpho-syntax, Phonetics and Phonology, and Sociolinguistics.
Null Operator Constructions
Author: Marguerite Browning
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Research Mate in African Linguistics
Author: Ngessimo M. Mutaka
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Category : Cameroon
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : Cameroon
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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The Journal of West African Languages
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Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Epasa Moto
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Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Publisher:
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Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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