Format:
Online-Ressource (xxiii, 550 p)
Edition:
Reproduktion 2011
ISBN:
9783110885798
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311017071X
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9783110170719
Series Statement:
Mouton grammar library 21
Content:
Biographical note: Zygmunt Frajzyngier is Professor at the University of Colorado, USA. Erin Shay is research associate at the University of Colorado, USA.
Content:
Hdi is a hitherto undescribed language spoken in northern Cameroon. The language belongs to the Central Branch of Chadic. The aim of the book is to provide a fairly complete description of the grammar of this language. Consequently, the grammar describes the phonology, morphology and syntax of Hdi and the semantic and discourse functions coded in this language. Most clauses in Hdi are verb-initial, with the subject directly following the verb. The object is often marked by a preposition. What makes Hdi unusual is that the object-marking preposition is unique and does not function elsewhere as a locative preposition. Another interesting feature of Hdi is that there are two types of clauses, pragmatically independent and pragmatically dependent, and that the difference between these is coded by different tense and aspectual systems. In addition, there are two clausal orders for complex sentences: The order embedded clause-matrix clause codes one type of modality, while the order matrix clause-embedded clause codes another. The language also has a rich system of verbal extensions coding the semantic roles of arguments and adjuncts and the direction of movement. The grammar is of interest not only to linguists working in African, Chadic and Afroasiatic linguistics, but also to general linguists, since it describes phenomena rarely seen in other languages of the world. The grammar is described in terms accessible to linguists working within various theoretical frameworks.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [543]-6) and index
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List of abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1. The name and the classification of the language; 2. Typological characteristics of Hdi; 2.1. Phonology; 2.2. Morphology; 2.3. Syntax; 2.4. Discourse structure; Chapter 2: Phonology; 1. Introduction; 2. Consonantal system; 2.1. Phonetic consonants; 2.2. Underlying consonants; 3. Phonotactics of consonants; 3.1. The distribution of single consonants; 3.2. Consonantal clusters; 3.3. Constraints imposed by place of articulation; 3.4. Constraints imposed by the manner of articulation; 4. Consonant devoicing; 5. Vowel system; 5.1. Vowel raising
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5.2. Vowel lowering5.3. Vowel rounding; 5.4. Vowel fronting; 5.5. Vowel epenthesis; 5.5. Vowel epenthesis; 5.6. Vowel replacement; 5.7. Vowel deletion; 5.8. Glide formation; 5.9. Glide metathesis; 6. Syllable structure; 6.1. Allowed and disallowed syllabic structures; 6.2. Preferred syllable structure; 7. Tone; 7.1. The tonal system; 7.2. Tone and vowel deletion; 7.3. Tone and vowel replacement; 7.4. Tone and vowel epenthesis; 7.5. Tone and phrasal structure; 8. Conclusions; Chapter 3: The structure of the noun phrase; 1. Introduction; 2. Nouns; 3. Morphological coding of number
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4. Associative plural5. Modifying constructions of the type noun-verbal noun; 6. Modifying constructions marked by demonstratives; 6.1. Phonetic realization and categorial status of the genitive á; 6.2. Functions of modifying constructions head-á modifier; 7. The order modifier head; 8. Possessive constructions; 8.1. Possessive pronouns; 8.2. Honorific possessives; 8.3. Unspecified possessor; 9. Topicalizing modification; 10. The collective; 11. Double modifying constructions; 12. Noun nà Noun; 13. Modification through the preposition ngá 'for'; 14. Modification through the comment marker tá
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15. Coding the notion of belonging16. Coding the absence of specific attributes; 17. Modification of nouns by adjectives; 18. The comparative form of the modifying construction; 19. Modification through color terms; 20. Co-reference and disjoint reference in possessive constructions; 21. Modification through numerals; 22. Noun modified by a quantifier; 23. Summary of modifying constructions; 24. The associative phrase; 24.1. Nouns in associative phrases; 24.2. Pronouns in associative phrases; 25. Disjoined noun phrase; 26. Conclusions; Chapter 4: Deixis and anaphora; 1. Introduction
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2. Independent pronouns3. Deixis; 3.1. Proximate deictic ná; 3.2. Middle distance deictic yá; 3.3. Remote demonstrative á and its connection with third-person singular; 4. Anaphora and definiteness; 4.1. An anaphor as an argument; 4.2. An anaphor as a modifier; 5. Specific and non-specific "child"; 5.1. The coding of locative anaphora; 5.2. The propositional anaphor; 6. Conclusions; Chapter 5: Verbal root and stem; 1. Introduction; 2. The verbal root and thematic vowels; 3. The underlying tone of the verb; 4. Number coding in verbs; 5. Plural marking through the infix -a-
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6. Verbal plural through reduplication
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 311017071X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110170719
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, 1938 - A grammar of Hdi Berlin [u.a.] : Mouton de Gruyter, 2002 ISBN 311017071X
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Hedi-Sprache
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Grammatik
;
Hedi-Sprache
;
Grammatik
DOI:
10.1515/9783110885798
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Author information:
Frajzyngier, Zygmunt 1938-
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