A Grammar of Mina /

A Grammar of Mina / / Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Eric Johnston.

A Grammar of Mina is a reference grammar of a hitherto undescribed and endangered Central Chadic language. The book contains a description of the phonology, morphology, syntax, and all the functional domains encoded by this language. For each hypothesis regarding a form of linguistic expression and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
VerfasserIn:
Frajzyngier, Zygmunt,
Johnston, Eric,
MitwirkendeR:
Edwards, Adrian,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©2005
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 36
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Physical Description:1 online resource (509 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • I-XX
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Phonology
  • Chapter 3. The structure of the noun phrase
  • Chapter 4. The verb and its forms
  • Chapter 5. Argument coding
  • Chapter 6. Coding the event from the point of view of subject
  • Chapter 7. Locative predication and locative complements
  • Chapter 8. Adjuncts
  • Chapter 9. Goal-orientation extension
  • Chapter 10. Tenses
  • Chapter 11. Aspects
  • Chapter 12. Modality
  • Chapter 13. End-of-event coding
  • Chapter 14. Negation
  • Chapter 15. Verbless clauses
  • Chapter 16. Interrogative clauses
  • Chapter 17. Reference system
  • Chapter 18. Focus constructions
  • Chapter 19. Topicalization
  • Chapter 20. Parataxis
  • Chapter 21. Complementation
  • Chapter 22. Temporal and conditional clauses
  • Chapter 23. Purpose, reason, and conclusion clauses
  • Chapter 24. Comparative constructions
  • Chapter 25. Relative clause
  • Chapter 26. Elements of discourse structure
  • Texts
  • Index
  • References

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