Grammar of Diola-Fogny - A Language Spoken in the Basse-Casamance Region of Senegal

Klappentext Dr Sapir's 1969 monograph presents a descriptive study of the most important dialect of the West African Diola people. Zusammenfassung The Diola people live on each side and near the mouth of the Casamance Tiver in the region of Senegal (West Africa) known as the Basse-Casamance. Dr Sapir's 1969 monograph presents a descriptive study of their most important dialect! covering morphology! phonology and basic syntax. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Phonology: 1. General remarks on phonology; 2. Phonemics; 3. Mophophonemics; 4. Grammatical sketch; 5. Derivation: secondary neutral theme formation; 6. Derivation (continued); 7. Morphology: substantives - part I; 8. Independent concord forms: substantives - part II; 9. Extended noun and seminominal phrases: substantives - part III; 10. Morphology: finite verbs; 11. Non-concord modifier; 12. Sentence types; Appendix; Morpheme index; Bibliography.

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• Authors: Sapir, J. David Sapir, J.david Sapir
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2011
• EAN: 9780521175043
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17504-3
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics, Other African Languages