A grammar of Goemai [[electronic resource] /] / by Birgit Hellwig

• Autore: Hellwig Birgit <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (616 p.)
• Disciplina: 493/.72
• Soggetto topico: Goemai language - Grammar
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: EP 13511
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- List of tables, figures and maps -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Phonology and tonology -- Chapter 3 Nouns and the noun phrase -- Chapter 4 Verbs and the verb phrase -- Chapter 5 Adverbial phrases -- Chapter 6 Closed word classes and other parts of speech -- Chapter 7 Tense, aspect, modality (TAM) -- Chapter 8 Clause types -- Appendix 1 Text collection -- Appendix 2 Wordlist -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first description of Goemai, a West Chadic language of Nigeria. Goemai is spoken in a language contact area, and this contact has shaped Goemai grammar to the extent that it can be considered a fairly untypical Chadic language. The grammar presents the structure of the present-day language, relates it to its diachronic sources, and adds a semantic perspective to the description.
• Titolo autorizzato: A grammar of Goemai
• ISBN: 1-283-39951-2; 9786613399519; 3-11-023829-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464244603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Mouton grammar library ; ; 51.