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A Grammar of Mani
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G. Tucker Childs
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English
Published/Copyright:
2012
About this book
This book provides a complete grammar of the Mani language spoken in the Samu (alternate French spelling “Samou”) region of Sierra Leone and Guinea. The data come from a short pilot study conducted in 2000, and a larger study taking place over two years 2004-2006. That the Mani language will soon disappear is certain; just as certain is that this grammar will be the only one ever written.
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G. Tucker Childs, Portland State University, USA.
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Topics
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Dedication
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Preface
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Table of contents
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Conventions, abbreviations and symbols used
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: Phonemic inventory
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Chapter 3: Prosody
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Chapter 4: Word categories
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Chapter 5: Some remarks on semantics
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Chapter 6: The noun class system
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Chapter 7: Verbal morphology
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Chapter 8: Derivational morphology
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Chapter 9: Compounding
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Chapter 10: Phrase-level syntax
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Chapter 11: Clause-level syntax
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Chapter 12: Subordination and coordination
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Chapter 13: Discourse and pragmatics
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Appendices
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Notes
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References
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Index
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eBook published on:
December 23, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9783110265019
Hardcover published on:
December 19, 2011
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110264975
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
19
Main content:
270
Illustrations:
5
Tables:
28
Other:
Two maps
Audience(s) for this book
Historical-Comparative Linguistics, especially Those Interested in the Classification of African Languages, LanguageTypology, Theoretical Linguistics, Those Interested in Language Change, Language Shift, and Language Death, Non-Mainstream Linguists such as Language Planners, Ethnographers and other Fieldworkers Investigating the Mani Language or People.
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