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The morphosyntax of complement-head sequences : clause structure and word order patterns in Kwa / Enoch Oladé Aboh.
LIBRA PL8424 .A66 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aboh, Enoch Oladé.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in comparative syntax
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kwa languages--Syntax.
- Kwa languages.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Physical Description:
- 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- This is the first book on the syntax of the Niger-Conger language family, which includes most of the languages of sub-Saharan Africa. Aboh, who is a native speaker of one of the languages (Gungbe) discussed, analyzes different aspects of the syntax of the "Kwa" language group. Aboh also suggests how grammatical pictures for these languages can shed some light on Universal Grammar in general.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis--doctoral (1998, University of Geneva).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-367) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0195159896
- 019515990X
- OCLC:
- 49901734
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