A grammar of Mani / by G. Tucker Childs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Childs, George Tucker.

Series:

Mouton grammar library ; 54.

Mouton grammar library, 0933-7636 ; 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bullom So language--Grammar.

Bullom So language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book provides a complete grammar of the Mani language spoken in the Samu (alternate French spelling "Samou") region of Sierra Leone andGuinea. The data come from a short pilot study conducted during July and August of 2000, and a larger study taking place over two years (the Mani Documentation Project or MDP, 2004-06, and two brief returns in April 2009 and February 2010). That the Mani language will soon disappear is certain; just as certain is that this grammar will be the only one ever written.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Preface

Table of contents

Conventions, abbreviations and symbols used

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Phonemic inventory

Chapter 3: Prosody

Chapter 4: Word categories

Chapter 5: Some remarks on semantics

Chapter 6: The noun class system

Chapter 7: Verbal morphology

Chapter 8: Derivational morphology

Chapter 9: Compounding

Chapter 10: Phrase-level syntax

Chapter 11: Clause-level syntax

Chapter 12: Subordination and coordination

Chapter 13: Discourse and pragmatics

Appendices

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110265019

311026501X

OCLC:

772845234