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Author Mchombo, Sam A., 1948-

Title The syntax of Chichewa / Sam Mchombo
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 149 pages)
Series Cambridge syntax guides
Cambridge syntax guides.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Phonetics and phonology; 3 Clause structure; 4 Relative clauses, clefts, and question formation; 5 Argument structure and verb-stem morphology; 6 Argument-structure-reducing suffixes; 7 The verb stem as a domain of linguistic processes; References; Index
Summary This clearly organised and accessible new book provides a comprehensive description of the major syntactic structures of Chichewa. Assuming no prior knowledge of current theory, it covers topics such as relative clause and question formation, interactions between tone and syntactic structure, and aspects of clause structure such as complementation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Chewa dialect -- Syntax
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Languages.
Syntax
Chewa-Sprache
Nyanja.
Syntaxis.
Chewa-Sprache.
Form Electronic book
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