A Grammar of Mani / / G. Tucker Childs.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Childs, G. Tucker,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 54
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.) :; Two maps
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110265019; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110261189; 9783110261233; 9783110261226; 9783110261240
• ISSN: 0933-7636
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110265019
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: G. Tucker Childs.

This book provides a complete grammar of the Mani language spoken in the Samu (alternate French spelling “Samou”) region of Sierra Leone and Guinea. The data come from a short pilot study conducted in 2000, and a larger study taking place over two years 2004-2006. That the Mani language will soon disappear is certain; just as certain is that this grammar will be the only one ever written.