Tutrugbu (Nyangbo) language and culture / by James Essegbey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Essegbey, James, 1963- author.

Series:

Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages 8.

Grammars and sketches of the world's languages. Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nyangbo language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019.

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive description of Tutrugbu(Nyangbo- nyb ), a Ghana Togo Mountain( gtm ) language of the Kwa family. It is based on a documentary corpus of different genre of linguistic and cultural practices gathered during periods of immersion fieldwork. Tutrugbu speakers are almost all bilingual in Ewe, another Kwa language. The book presents innovative analyses of phenomena like Advanced Tongue Root and labial vowel harmony, noun classes, topological relational verbs, the two classes of adpositions, obligatory complement verbs, multi-verbs in a single clause, and information structure. This grammar is unparalleled in including a characterization of culturally defined activity types and their associated speech formulae and routine strategies. It should appeal to linguists interested in African languages, language documentation and typology.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Phonology

Morphology

The Noun Phrase

The Verb Phrase

Adpositional Phrases and Locative Constructions

Constructions

Sentence Types

Information Structure

Routine Activities

Back Matter

References

Indexes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004396999

9004396993

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004396999 DOI