A Grammar of Mani /

A Grammar of Mani / / 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 di...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.) :; Two maps
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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