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A Grammar of Bangime
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Jeffrey Heath
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English
Published/Copyright:
2018
About this book
Spoken only in a cul-de-sac valley in Dogon country in east-central Mali, Bangime is the most enigmatic language isolate in the whole of interior West Africa. It is apparently a Basque-like survival of a formerly widespread language family, now boxed into this small valley by the expansion of Niger-Congo languages (Dogon, Bozo, Mande) on all sides. This book brings out the full glory of its grammar, especially its 3-level tone system.
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Jeffrey Heath, University of Michigan, USA; Abbie Hantgan, School of Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom.
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements and dedication
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Contents
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1 Introduction
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2 Sketch
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3 Phonology
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4 Pronouns and determiners
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5 Nouns
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6 Diminutives
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7 Adjectives and numerals
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8 Compounds
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9 Noun Phrase structure
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10 Coordination
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11 Postpositions and adverbials
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12 Verbal derivation
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13 Verbal inflection
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14 Clause, VP, and predicate structure
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15 Comparatives
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16 Focalization and interrogation
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17 Relativization
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18 Conditional constructions
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19 Verb chains and complements
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20 Anaphora
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21 Grammatical pragmatics
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Texts
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References
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Index
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eBook published on:
March 19, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9783110765212
Hardcover published on:
March 19, 2018
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110557497
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Front matter:
26
Main content:
470
Coloured Illustrations:
4
Maps:
2
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