A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

Jeffrey Heath

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A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

Jeffrey Heath

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2005

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Volume 35 | Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]

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This is a comprehensive description of Tamashek Tuareg spoken in Mali. The varieties covered in this volume are those of Tamashek in the narrow sense, excluding Tawellemett but including the other Malian varieties (Goundam, Timbuktu, Gao, Ansongo, Kidal, and the Gourma area south of the Niger River including Gosi and the outskirts of Hombori).

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Jeffrey Heath is Professor of Linguistics and Professor of Near Eastern Studies in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

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I-XVIII
I
1 Introduction
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Introduction
1
2 Overview
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Overview
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3 Phonology.
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3.1 Segments
23
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3.2 Local assimilations and syllabification rules
42
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3.3 Accent
81
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3.4 Ablaut
98
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3.5 Syntactically controlled phonological processes
146
4 Nominal and pronominal morphology.
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4.1 Noun morphology
161
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4.2 Independent personal pronouns
237
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4.3 Demonstratives
238
5 Noun phrase structure.
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5.1 Nominal modifiers
243
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5.2 Possession and compounding
257
6 Prepositions.
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6.1 Inventory of true prepositions
272
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6.2 Pronominal suffixes with prepositions
274
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6.3 Dative (or Purposive)
275
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6.4 Instrumental and Comitative
276
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6.5 Spatial prepositions
281
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6.6 Compound prepositions
288
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6.7 Preposition-like particles
291
7 Verbal morphology.
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7.1 Augment verbs with -t-
293
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7.2 Stem categories
299
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7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs. 7.3.1 Regular classes
341
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7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs. 7.3.2 Irregular and suppletive verbs
411
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7.4 Pronominal subject paradigms
431
8 Verbal derivation.
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8.1 Causative (-s-, -s̩-, -š-, -z-, -ž-, -z̩-, -svw-)
439
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8.2 Passive (-t-, -tt-, -tvw-)
466
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8.3 Mediopassive (-m-, -η-, -nvy-)
471
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8.4 Reciprocal -nvm-, -m-, -n-
476
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8.5 Participles (subject relatives)
481
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8.6 Verbal nouns
506
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8.7 Adjectival nouns without derivational prefix
536
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8.8 Agentives
539
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8.9 Nonagentive nominals with -m- or -n-
549
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8.10 Denominal agentives (-mæs-, -næs-, etc.)
552
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8.11 Instrumental (and related) nominals with -s- or -s-vg- prefix
554
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8.12 Other nominals
561
9 Verb phrases and other predications.
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9.1 Voice (valency) types of verbs
573
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9.2 Copular predications (‘be’, ‘become’)
580
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9.3 Locational and existential predications
582
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9.4 Possessive predications
584
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9.5 External negation and negative copular clauses
585
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9.6 Preverbs
586
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9.7 Verbs borrowed from French
594
10 Clitics.
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10.1 Sentential clitics
595
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10.2 Directional clitics
595
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10.3 Pronominal clitics
603
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10.4 Ordering of clitics
610
11 Dicourse-functional particles and topicalization.
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11.1 Topicalization
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11.2 Emphatics
616
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11.3 Other discourse particles
617
12 Extraction.
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12.1 Relativization
623
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12.2 Focalization
642
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12.3 Interrogatives
649
13 Clausal subordination.
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13.1 Adverbial clauses
663
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13.2 Purposive and causal clauses
671
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13.3 Jussive and subjunctive clauses (à.\d)
674
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13.4 Add-on small clauses
680
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13.5 Verbs with verbal noun complements
683
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13.6 Verbs and particles with finite complements
687
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13.7 Factive ‘that’ complements (s, à-\s)
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13.8 Reported speech and thought
695
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13.9 Conditionals
696
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13.10 Possessive ̩ә̀n plus ‘that’ complement
700
14 Coordination.
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14.1 NP coordination
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14.2 Clausal coordination
706
15 Anaphora.
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15.1 Reflexive
708
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15.2 Reciprocal
709
16 Text
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Indices
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References
744

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Keywords for this book

Tuareg /Sprache; Afrika /Sprache; Mali /Sprache

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Research Libraries, Teachers and advanced Students of Linguistics and Near-Eastern Studies

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A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

I-XVIII

Introduction

Overview

3.1 Segments

3.2 Local assimilations and syllabification rules

3.3 Accent

3.4 Ablaut

3.5 Syntactically controlled phonological processes

4.1 Noun morphology

4.2 Independent personal pronouns

4.3 Demonstratives

5.1 Nominal modifiers

5.2 Possession and compounding

6.1 Inventory of true prepositions

6.2 Pronominal suffixes with prepositions

6.3 Dative (or Purposive)

6.4 Instrumental and Comitative

6.5 Spatial prepositions

6.6 Compound prepositions

6.7 Preposition-like particles

7.1 Augment verbs with -t-

7.2 Stem categories

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs. 7.3.1 Regular classes

7.3 Verb classes and irregular verbs. 7.3.2 Irregular and suppletive verbs

7.4 Pronominal subject paradigms

8.1 Causative (-s-, -s̩-, -š-, -z-, -ž-, -z̩-, -svw-)

8.2 Passive (-t-, -tt-, -tvw-)

8.3 Mediopassive (-m-, -η-, -nvy-)

8.4 Reciprocal -nvm-, -m-, -n-

8.5 Participles (subject relatives)

8.6 Verbal nouns

8.7 Adjectival nouns without derivational prefix

8.8 Agentives

8.9 Nonagentive nominals with -m- or -n-

8.10 Denominal agentives (-mæs-, -næs-, etc.)

8.11 Instrumental (and related) nominals with -s- or -s-vg- prefix

8.12 Other nominals

9.1 Voice (valency) types of verbs

9.2 Copular predications (‘be’, ‘become’)

9.3 Locational and existential predications

9.4 Possessive predications

9.5 External negation and negative copular clauses

9.6 Preverbs

9.7 Verbs borrowed from French

10.1 Sentential clitics

10.2 Directional clitics

10.3 Pronominal clitics

10.4 Ordering of clitics

11.1 Topicalization

11.2 Emphatics

11.3 Other discourse particles

12.1 Relativization

12.2 Focalization

12.3 Interrogatives

13.1 Adverbial clauses

13.2 Purposive and causal clauses

13.3 Jussive and subjunctive clauses (à.\d)

13.4 Add-on small clauses

13.5 Verbs with verbal noun complements

13.6 Verbs and particles with finite complements

13.7 Factive ‘that’ complements (s, à-\s)

13.8 Reported speech and thought

13.9 Conditionals

13.10 Possessive ̩ә̀n plus ‘that’ complement

14.1 NP coordination

14.2 Clausal coordination

15.1 Reflexive

15.2 Reciprocal

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Indices

References

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