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1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 62 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 62. 0304-0763
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Contents |
Variation in FOCUS constructions / Laurice Tuller (26 p.). -- Case assignment in Hausa, Kanakuru, and Ngizim / B.J Johnson (20 p.). -- Word orders in Gude and the VSO parameter / Réjean Canac Marquis (32 p.). -- Complementizers in Hausa / Gerrit J Dimmendaal (24 p.). -- New look at the NP+NÀÀ+NP constructions / M.M Garba (10 p.). -- Alternative model of word order in Proto-Chadic / Kemp Williams (10 p.). -- Verbal system of Ader Hausa / Bernard Caron (40 p.). -- Gender and number in Miya / Russell G Schuh (12 p.). -- Origine de l'extension verable (e)r(e) instrumental et connecteur, en Ouldémé : synchronie dynamique et diachronie / Véronique De Colombel (16 p.). -- Intonation in Chadic : an overview / William R Leben (20 p.). -- Hausa and the prothetic alif / Carleton T Hodge (14 p.). -- Double epenthesis and N-class in Chadic / Zygmunt Frajzyngier (18 p.). -- Is Hausa and early or late stage Chadic language? / Herrmann Jungraithmayr (16 p.). -- Verbal conjugation in Proto-Chadic / Rainer Maria Voigt (18 p.). -- On semantics of Arabic loan words in Hausa / Sergio Baldi (18 p.) |
Summary |
The volume consists of papers prepared for the International Symposium of Chadic Linguistics (Boulder, Colorado, May 1-2, 1987). Although the papers are representative of the current work being done in the field of Chadic linguistics, they also reflect the current and past interests and methodologies of general linguistics. The papers included in the volume should therefore be of interest to a general linguist as much as to the Chadicist or a specialist in some other Afroasiatic branch. The papers are grouped by the areas of linguistic fields and methodologies. Papers on syntax are followed by |
Analysis |
Chadic languages Congresses |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
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Subject |
Chadic languages -- Congresses
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Languages.
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Chadic languages
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Langues tchadiques -- Congrès.
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Hausa-Sprache.
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Tschadische Sprachen.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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Author |
Frajzyngier, Zygmunt
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ISBN |
9789027278517 |
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9027278512 |
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