A Grammar of Bangime / / Jeffrey Heath, Abbie Hantgan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Heath, Jeffrey,; Hantgan, Abbie,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 76
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXVI, 470 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements and dedication --; Contents --; Maps --; Photos --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Sketch --; 3 Phonology --; 4 Pronouns and determiners --; 5 Nouns --; 6 Diminutives --; 7 Adjectives and numerals --; 8 Compounds --; 9 Noun Phrase structure --; 10 Coordination --; 11 Postpositions and adverbials --; 12 Verbal derivation --; 13 Verbal inflection --; 14 Clause, VP, and predicate structure --; 15 Comparatives --; 16 Focalization and interrogation --; 17 Relativization --; 18 Conditional constructions --; 19 Verb chains and complements --; 20 Anaphora --; 21 Grammatical pragmatics --; Texts --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110765212; 9783110762488
• ISSN: 0933-7636
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110765212
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jeffrey Heath, Abbie Hantgan.

Spoken only in a cul-de-sac valley in Dogon country in east-central Mali, Bangime is the most enigmatic language isolate in the whole of interior West Africa. It is apparently a Basque-like survival of a formerly widespread language family, now boxed into this small valley by the expansion of Niger-Congo languages (Dogon, Bozo, Mande) on all sides. This book brings out the full glory of its grammar, especially its 3-level tone system.