A grammar of Dazaga / / by Josiah K. Walters.

• Superior document: Grammars and sketches of the World's languages. Africa,
• VerfasserIn: Walters, Josiah K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [The Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Grammars and sketches of the World's languages. Africa.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (313 pages) :; illustrations, tables.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

In A Grammar of Dazaga , Josiah Walters provides the first detailed description and analysis of Dazaga (a Saharan language) in the past half-century. Based on a review of previous work on Dazaga, and with his own more recent data, the author describes the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Dazaga. He provides a new analysis of the categorization of verbs in to classes, demonstrating the prominence of light verb constructions in Dazaga. His analysis of the syntax brings to light several striking features of Dazaga, including optional ergative case marking, mixed alignment of objects, a variety of causative constructions, and verb serialization. Throughout the work, the author relates his findings to work on related languages and to recent typological studies.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Josiah K. Walters -- 1 Introduction / Josiah K. Walters -- 2 Literature Review / Josiah K. Walters -- 3 Phonology / Josiah K. Walters -- 4 Nouns and Noun Phrase Constituents / Josiah K. Walters -- 5 Verbs / Josiah K. Walters -- 6 Structure of the Simple Clause / Josiah K. Walters -- 7 Sentence Types / Josiah K. Walters -- 8 Clause Combinations / Josiah K. Walters -- 9 Conclusion / Josiah K. Walters -- Appendix: Supplemental Text and Sentences / Josiah K. Walters -- References / Josiah K. Walters -- Subject Index / Josiah K. Walters.