A Grammar of Ma'di / / Mairi Blackings, Nigel Fabb.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Blackings, Mairi,; Fabb, Nigel,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 32
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (734 p.)
• Other title: I-XVI --; Chapter 1 Introduction --; Chapter 2 An overview of Ma'di --; Chapter 3 Phonetics --; Chapter 4 Phonology and morphology --; Chapter 5 Verbs --; Chapter 6 Other word classes --; Chapter 7 The uninflected verb --; Chapter 8 The inflected verb --; Chapter 9 The directive verb --; Chapter 10 Suffixed subordinate verbs --; Chapter 11 Sentences with nonverbal predicates --; Chapter 12 Noun phrases --; Chapter 13 Modification of the noun (including possession) --; Chapter 14 Nonsingular noun phrases --; Chapter 15 Postposition phrases and other location expressions --; Chapter 16 Verbs and clausal complements --; Chapter 17 Modals and negation --; Chapter 18 Adverbials --; Chapter 19 Focus and Information structure --; Chapter 20 Questions --; Chapter 21 Lexicon --; Chapter 22 Texts --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110894967; 9783110238570; 9783110238501; 9783110636246; 9783110742961
• ISSN: 0933-7636
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110894967
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mairi Blackings, Nigel Fabb.

This grammar provides one of the most detailed accounts available of the syntax of a Nilo-Saharan language. It fully describes some of the unusual characteristics of Ma'di, including the different word orders associated with different tenses, the particle-based modal and focus systems, the full range of adverbials, and the structure and meaning of the noun phrase. The grammar also describes the phonetics, phonology, morphology, and aspects of the lexicon of the language.