Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 382 Seiten)
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Karten
ISBN:
9789004396999
Series Statement:
Grammars and sketches of the world's languages volume 8
Content:
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.
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004396982
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Tutrugbu (Nyangbo) Language and Culture Leiden, Boston : BRILL, [2019] ISBN 9789004396982
Language:
English
Keywords:
Ghana
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Kwa-Sprachen
DOI:
10.1163/9789004396999
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