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A Grammar of Pévé de Erin Shay

A Grammar of Pévé: Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages / Africa, cartea 9

Autor Erin Shay
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 oct 2019
A Grammar of Pévé is the first full description of the Pévé language, a member of the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Pévé is spoken in parts of the southwestern area of the Republic of Chad and the Northern province of the Republic of Cameroon. The grammar will add to information and analyses concerning Afro-Asiatic languages and will help Pévé speakers preserve their language, history, cultural activities, and intercultural relations. The goal of the volume is to document and preserve the language for the benefit of generations to come and to make characteristics of the language available for further research in linguistics, history, anthropology, sociology and related fields.
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ISBN-13: 9789004409156
ISBN-10: 9004409157
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
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AcknowledgmentsList of TablesAbbreviations
1 The Pévé Language1Introduction2Classification and Nomenclature3Existing Works on the Pévé Language4Nature and Sources of the Data5Notes on the Transcription6Outline of the Grammar3Conclusion
2 Phonology1Introduction2Consonants3Vowels4Phonotactics5Tone6Conclusion
3 Parsing Morphology1Introduction2Existing Approaches3Distribution of Phrase-Final Forms4Function of Final Vowel Addition5Conclusion
4 Verbs1Introduction2Phonological Structure of the Verb3Morphology4Derivation5Singular vs. Plural Verbs6Conclusion
5 Nouns and the Noun Phrase1Introduction2Phonological Structure of the Noun3Number4Noun Phrase5Prenominal Modifiers6Post-nominal Modifiers7Conjoined Noun Phrase8Proper Names9Derived Nouns10Conclusion
6 Coding Grammatical Relations1Introduction2Subject3Direct Object Function4Indirect Object5Summary of the Coding of Grammatical Roles6Conclusion
7 Coding Semantic Relations1Introduction2Semantic Role of the Subject3Semantic Role of the Direct Object4Semantic Role of the Indirect Object5Source6Reciprocal7Coreferentiality of Subject and Object8Conclusion
8 Tense and Aspect1Introduction2Future Tense3Aspect4Conclusion
9 Mood and Modality1Introduction2Subjunctive Mood3Epistemic Mood4Conclusion
10 Locative Expressions and Locative Predications1Introduction2Locative Predication in Pévé3Semantic Functions of Inherently Locative Predicates4Locative Serial Verb Constructions5Spatial Prepositions and Specifiers6Conclusion
11 Verbless and Copular Predications1Introduction2Identificational Predication3Equational Predication4Attributive Predication5Possessive Predication6Conclusion
12 System of Reference1Introduction2First Mention: Bare Noun Phrase3Deducible Reference Markers: nə, rə and kunə4Reference to an Unspecified Entity5Anaphoric Reference6Deictic Reference7Conclusion
13 Interrogatives1Introduction2Polar Questions3Content Questions4Conclusion
14 Negation1Introduction2Indicative Clauses3Scope of Negation4Conclusion
15 Topicalization and Focus1Introduction2Topicalization3Focus4Conclusion
16 Conjoined Clauses1Introduction2Conjunction ɓay3Counterexpectation4Conclusion
17 Relative Clauses1Introduction2Subject Head3Object Head4Adjunct Head5Deictic Relative Clauses6Conclusion
18 Conditional and Temporal Constructions1Introduction2Conditional Constructions3Temporal Constructions4Conclusion
19 Complementation1Introduction2Verbs of Saying3Verbs of Perception4Verbs of Cognition5Volitional Verb wàʔ6Ability Verb gàk ‘Can, Be Able’7Counterfactual Matrix Clause8Complements of Other Verbs9Conclusion
20 Comparative Constructions1Introduction2Equal Comparison3Unequal Comparison4Conclusion
21 Adjunct Phrases and Clauses1Introduction2Temporal Adjuncts3Associative and Instrumental Adjuncts4Manner Adjuncts5Intensity, Repetition, and Recurrence6Purpose Clauses7Reason Clauses8Positive Adjunct9Conclusion
22 Sample Texts1Monitor Lizard and Guinea Fowl2Bus Trip: Lazare Wambadang
Appendix 1: A Compilation of TablesAppendix 2: A Summary of Morphological Forms and FunctionsPévé-English LexiconEnglish-Pévé LexiconReferencesIndex

Notă biografică

Erin Shay is Assistant Professor Adjunct at the University of Colorado, where she earned her Ph.D. in 1999. She is the author/co-author of grammars of four Chadic languages and many books and papers concerning linguistic forms and functions.