The Cangin Languages : : Phonological and Morphological Reconstruction and Diachrony / / John T. M. Merrill.
The Cangin languages of Senegal remained hidden from linguists for years, and have only recently been seriously documented. This book traces the history of the Cangin languages, and presents a reconstruction of Proto-Cangin through careful application of historical linguistic methods. This is one of...
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Superior document: | Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics Series ; Volume 21 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | First edition. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Brill's studies in historical linguistics ;
Volume 21. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (350 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 The Cangin Languages
- 1.2 Sources
- 1.3 Comparison with Drolc (2005)
- 2 Phonology
- 2.1 Consonants
- 2.2 Vowels
- 2.3 Phonotactics and Borrowing
- 2.4 Summary of Sound Changes
- 3 Nominal Morphology
- 3.1 Noun Class Morphology
- 3.2 Determiners
- 3.3 Numerals
- 3.4 Derivational Suffixes
- 3.5 Summary
- 4 Verbal Morphology
- 4.1 Pronouns
- 4.2 Inflectional Morphology
- 4.3 Derivational Suffixes
- 4.4 Summary
- 5 Cangin in an Areal and Niger-Congo Context
- 5.1 Phonology
- 5.2 Noun Class
- 5.3 Verbal Derivational Suffixes
- 5.4 The Place of Cangin within Niger-Congo
- 5.5 Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Proto-Cangin Lexical Reconstructions
- Appendix 2: Outside Cognates
- References
- Index.