A grammar of Mani [[electronic resource] /] / by G. Tucker Childs

• Autore: Childs George Tucker
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 pages)
• Disciplina: 496/.345
• Soggetto topico: Bullom So language - Grammar
• Soggetto non controllato: Endangered Languages / Fieldwork; Indigenous Languages
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Preface -- Table of contents -- Conventions, abbreviations and symbols used -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Phonemic inventory -- Chapter 3: Prosody -- Chapter 4: Word categories -- Chapter 5: Some remarks on semantics -- Chapter 6: The noun class system -- Chapter 7: Verbal morphology -- Chapter 8: Derivational morphology -- Chapter 9: Compounding -- Chapter 10: Phrase-level syntax -- Chapter 11: Clause-level syntax -- Chapter 12: Subordination and coordination -- Chapter 13: Discourse and pragmatics -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a complete grammar of the Mani language spoken in the Samu (alternate French spelling "Samou") region of Sierra Leone andGuinea. The data come from a short pilot study conducted during July and August of 2000, and a larger study taking place over two years (the Mani Documentation Project or MDP, 2004-06, and two brief returns in April 2009 and February 2010). That the Mani language will soon disappear is certain; just as certain is that this grammar will be the only one ever written.
• Titolo autorizzato: A grammar of Mani
• ISBN: 3-11-026501-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791967503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Mouton grammar library ; ; 54.