A Grammar of Goemai / / Birgit Hellwig.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Hellwig, Birgit,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 51
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (596 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110238297; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110261189; 9783110261233; 9783110261226; 9783110261240
• ISSN: 0933-7636
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110238297
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Birgit Hellwig.

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.