A grammar of Goemai / by Birgit Hellwig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hellwig, Birgit, 1970-

Series:

Mouton grammar library ; 51.

Mouton grammar library, 0933-7636 ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goemai language--Grammar.

Goemai language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (616 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first description of Goemai, a West Chadic language of Nigeria. Goemai is spoken in a language contact area, and this contact has shaped Goemai grammar to the extent that it can be considered a fairly untypical Chadic language. The grammar presents the structure of the present-day language, relates it to its diachronic sources, and adds a semantic perspective to the description.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Table of contents

List of tables, figures and maps

Abbreviations and Conventions

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Phonology and tonology

Chapter 3 Nouns and the noun phrase

Chapter 4 Verbs and the verb phrase

Chapter 5 Adverbial phrases

Chapter 6 Closed word classes and other parts of speech

Chapter 7 Tense, aspect, modality (TAM)

Chapter 8 Clause types

Appendix 1 Text collection

Appendix 2 Wordlist

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613399519

9781283399517

1283399512

9783110238297

3110238292

OCLC:

757261209