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Format: 1 online resource (622 p.)

ISBN: 9783110301076 , 9783110238570

Series Statement: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 62

Content: Tommo So is a Dogon language with approximately 60,000 speakers in Mali, West Africa. As only the second full grammatical description of a Dogon language, this volume is a critical resource for solving the mystery of Dogon's genetic affiliation with other languages in Africa. Tommo So is an SOV language with isolating nominal morphology and agglutinative verbal morphology; suffixes on the verb mark tense/aspect/negation as well as subject agreement. The phonology is sensitive to levels of verbal morphology in that variable vowel harmony applies less frequently as one moves to outer layers of the morphology. The tone system of Tommo So is of typological interest in both its phonological and syntactic instantiations. Phonologically, it is a two-tone system of H and L, but these specified tones contrast with a surface-underspecified tone. Grammatically, the lexical tone of a word is often overwritten by syntactically-induced overlays. For example, an inalienable noun's tone will be replaced with L if it is possessed by a non-pronominal possessor, and by either H or HL if the possessor is pronominal. The language has also innovated a series of locative quasi-verbs and focus particles sensitive to pragmatic factors like certainty.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Acknowledgments -- , Table of contents -- , Abbreviations -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Grammatical sketch -- , 3. Segmental phonology -- , 4. Tone -- , 5. Nominal, pronominal, and adjectival morphology -- , 6. Nominal and adjectival compounds -- , 7. Noun phrase structure -- , 8. Ideophones and onomatopoeia -- , 9. Coordination -- , 10. Postpositions and adverbials -- , 11. Verbal derivation -- , 12. Verbal inflection -- , 13. VP and predicate structure -- , 14. Comparatives -- , 15. Focalization and interrogation -- , 16. Relativization and clause nominalization -- , 17. Conditional constructions -- , 18. Clause chaining and subordination -- , 19. Quotative constructions -- , 20. Anaphora -- , 21. Grammatical pragmatics -- , 22. Dialects -- , 23. Texts -- , References -- , Index , Issued also in print. , Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English.

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ISBN: 9783110301076

Series Statement: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]; 62

Content: This volume provides the first full description of the grammatical structure of Tommo So, a language of Mali, West Africa. It is one of about twenty languages of the Dogon people, best known for their masked dances and distinctive cliff villages. Like most African languages, Tommo So is tonal and displays a rich system of grammatical tone, wherein the tonal realization of a word depends on its syntactic context. In addition to a grammatical description, this book offers a wide range of naturalistic texts, making it of value to linguists and anthropologists alike.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Acknowledgments -- , Table of contents -- , Abbreviations -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Grammatical sketch -- , 3. Segmental phonology -- , 4. Tone -- , 5. Nominal, pronominal, and adjectival morphology -- , 6. Nominal and adjectival compounds -- , 7. Noun phrase structure -- , 8. Ideophones and onomatopoeia -- , 9. Coordination -- , 10. Postpositions and adverbials -- , 11. Verbal derivation -- , 12. Verbal inflection -- , 13. VP and predicate structure -- , 14. Comparatives -- , 15. Focalization and interrogation -- , 16. Relativization and clause nominalization -- , 17. Conditional constructions -- , 18. Clause chaining and subordination -- , 19. Quotative constructions -- , 20. Anaphora -- , 21. Grammatical pragmatics -- , 22. Dialects -- , 23. Texts -- , References -- , Index. , Also available in print edition. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783110300925

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783110301083

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110301076

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Format: XXV, 622 S

ISBN: 9783110300925

Series Statement: Mouton grammar library 61

Note: The language and its speakers -- Phonology -- Word formation -- Word classes and phrase types -- Noun phrases -- The verb complex -- Independent basic clauses -- Complex clauses -- Nominalization with -ghu 'NMLZ' -- A. Example texts -- B. List of lexemes.

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Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

Keywords: Tommo So ; Grammatik ; Grammatik

Author information: McPherson, Laura Elizabeth

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ISBN: 9783110300925

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Language: English

Keywords: Tommo So ; Grammatik

Author information: McPherson, Laura Elizabeth

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Format: 1 online resource (648 p.)

ISBN: 3-11-030107-5

Series Statement: Mouton grammar library (MGL) ; 62

Content: Tommo So is a Dogon language with approximately 60,000 speakers in Mali, West Africa. As only the second full grammatical description of a Dogon language, this volume is a critical resource for solving the mystery of Dogon's genetic affiliation with other languages in Africa. Tommo So is an SOV language with isolating nominal morphology and agglutinative verbal morphology; suffixes on the verb mark tense/aspect/negation as well as subject agreement. The phonology is sensitive to levels of verbal morphology in that variable vowel harmony applies less frequently as one moves to outer layers of the morphology. The tone system of Tommo So is of typological interest in both its phonological and syntactic instantiations. Phonologically, it is a two-tone system of H and L, but these specified tones contrast with a surface-underspecified tone. Grammatically, the lexical tone of a word is often overwritten by syntactically-induced overlays. For example, an inalienable noun's tone will be replaced with L if it is possessed by a non-pronominal possessor, and by either H or HL if the possessor is pronominal. The language has also innovated a series of locative quasi-verbs and focus particles sensitive to pragmatic factors like certainty.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , Acknowledgments -- , Table of contents -- , Abbreviations -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Grammatical sketch -- , 3. Segmental phonology -- , 4. Tone -- , 5. Nominal, pronominal, and adjectival morphology -- , 6. Nominal and adjectival compounds -- , 7. Noun phrase structure -- , 8. Ideophones and onomatopoeia -- , 9. Coordination -- , 10. Postpositions and adverbials -- , 11. Verbal derivation -- , 12. Verbal inflection -- , 13. VP and predicate structure -- , 14. Comparatives -- , 15. Focalization and interrogation -- , 16. Relativization and clause nominalization -- , 17. Conditional constructions -- , 18. Clause chaining and subordination -- , 19. Quotative constructions -- , 20. Anaphora -- , 21. Grammatical pragmatics -- , 22. Dialects -- , 23. Texts -- , References -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110301076