Locative Predications in Chadic Languages - Implications for Semantic Analysis

This book shows that the grammatical systems of individual languages encode unique semantic structures. It draws on data from eight languages belonging to three branches of the Chadic language family that display locative expressions with semantic and syntactic characteristics that have not been observed or described in other languages.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Fundamentals of the current approach


• 3: The locative domain in Mina


• 4: The locative domain in Hausa


• 5: The locative domain in Pero


• 6: The locative domain in Lele


• 7: The locative domain in Hdi


• 8: The locative domain in Mupun


• 9: The locative domain in Wandala


• 10: Locative expressions in Gidar


• 11: Toward a typology of locative expressions in Chadic

About the author

Zygmunt Frajzyngier is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Colorado. His main research interests include foundations of syntax and semantics in cross-linguistic perspective, typological explanations in grammar, grammaticalization, and Chadic and Afroasiatic linguistics. His recent books include The Emergence of Functions in Language (with Marielle Butters; OUP 2020), Language Formation by Adults: The Case of Sino-Russian Idiolects (with Natalia Gurian and Sergei Karpenko; Brill 2021), and A Typology of Reference Systems (OUP 2023).

Summary

This book shows that the grammatical systems of individual languages encode unique semantic structures. It draws on data from eight languages belonging to three branches of the Chadic language family that display locative expressions with semantic and syntactic characteristics that have not been observed or described in other languages.

Product details

• Authors: Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (Professor Emeritus of Lingui Frajzyngier, Frajzyngier Zygmunt
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9780198896210
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889621-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, African Languages, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc