Syntax of Chichewa

Informationen zum Autor Sam Mchombo is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley. Klappentext The main topics covered in this description of the major syntactic structures of Chichewa! a Bantu language widely spoken in Malawi! include phonetic and phonological aspects of the language! clause structure aspects! and interactions between tone and syntactic structure. Sam Mchombo's analysis is supplemented by observations about how the study of African languages! specifically Bantu languages! has contributed to progress in grammatical theory. The text covers debates about the interaction between syntax and the lexicon! as well as the contributions of African linguistic structure to the evaluation of competing grammatical theories. Zusammenfassung This clearly organised and accessible new book provides a comprehensive description of the major syntactic structures of Chichewa. Assuming no prior knowledge of current theory! it covers topics such as relative clause and question formation! interactions between tone and syntactic structure! and aspects of clause structure such as complementation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Phonetics and phonology; 3. Clause structure; 4. Relative clauses, clefts and question formation; 5. Argument structure and verb stem morphology; 6. Argument structure reducing suffixes; 7. The verb stem as a domain of linguistic processes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sam Mchombo, Sam (University of California Mchombo, Sam A. McHombo, Mchombo Sam
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.10.2004
• EAN: 9780521573788
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57378-8
• Pagine: 166
• Serie: Cambridge Syntax Guides; Cambridge Syntax Guides
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Chichewa (Chewa)