A Grammar of Goemai

This is the first description of Goemai, a West Chadic language of Nigeria. Goemai is spoken in a language contact area, and this contact has shaped Goemai grammar to the extent that it can be considered a fairly untypical Chadic language. The grammar presents the structure of the present-day language, relates it to its diachronic sources, and adds a semantic perspective to the description.

About the author

Birgit Hellwig, University of Erfurt, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Birgit Hellwig
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2011
• EAN: 9783110238280
• ISBN: 978-3-11-023828-0
• No. of pages: 596
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 38 mm x 244 mm
• Weight: 1194 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