A Grammar of Ma'di

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.

About the author

Mairi John Blackings is a Visiting Fellow in Literary Linguistics at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Nigel Fabb is Professor at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.

Product details

• Authors: Mair Blackings, Mairi Blackings, Nigel Fabb
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• EAN: 9783110179408
• ISBN: 978-3-11-017940-8
• No. of pages: 734
• Weight: 1264 g
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library; Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]; Mouton Grammar Library; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics