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Relative Clauses In Cameroonian Languages

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Author : Gratien Gualbert Atindogbé
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-09-11

Relative Clauses In Cameroonian Languages written by Gratien Gualbert Atindogbé and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This volume is a series of nine (9) contributions to our understanding of relativization strategies in eleven (11) languages of Cameroon spread into the seven (7) sub-branches of the Niger-Congo phylum: Ekoid, Mambiloid, Mamfe, Mbam, Narrow Bantu, Wide Grassfields, Yemne-Kimbi. As a productive strategy in the world’s languages, and considering the evidence that the African language are either under-described, poorly described or not described at all, investigations into the forms, structures and functions of relative clauses and relativization start filling the gap of the absence of analytical descriptive works on the topic. The papers dwelt on the construction of relative clauses, their structure and constraints, their morphosyntactic properties, how they are used to give prominence to topics or participants that are thematic in a given discourse, and to mark the boundaries of units of text, and the formal characteristics of restrictive relative clause constructions. The findings generated so far constitute an endless tank for many fields of hyphenated linguistics including general linguistics, cognitive linguist, applied psycholinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive psychology, linguistics and pragmatics.

Noun Modifying Clause Constructions In Languages Of Eurasia

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Author : Yoshiko Matsumoto
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2017-02-28

Noun Modifying Clause Constructions In Languages Of Eurasia written by Yoshiko Matsumoto and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-28 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This volume presents a cross-linguistic investigation of clausal noun-modifying constructions in genetically varied languages of Eurasia. Contrary to a common premise that, in any language, adnominal clauses that share some features of relative clauses constitute a structurally distinct construction, some languages of Eurasia exhibit a General Noun-Modifying Clause Construction (GNMCC) -- a single construction covering a wide range of semantic relations between the head noun and the clause. Through in-depth examination of naturally-occurring and elicited data from Ainu, languages of the Caucasus (e.g. Ingush, Georgian, Bezhta, Hinuq), Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Nenets, Sino-Tibetan languages (e.g. Cantonese, Mandarin, Rawang), and Turkic languages (e.g. Turkish, Sakha), the chapters discuss whether or not the language in question exhibits a GNMCC and the range of noun modification covered by such a construction. The findings afford us new facts, new theoretical perspectives and the first step toward a more global assessment of the possibilities for GNMCCs.

Cameroon Pidgin English

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Author : Miriam Ayafor
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2017-12-15

Cameroon Pidgin English written by Miriam Ayafor and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Cameroon Pidgin English (CPE) is an English-lexified Atlantic expanded pidgin/creole spoken in some form by an estimated 50% of Cameroon’s population, primarily in the anglophone west regions, but also in urban centres throughout the country. Primarily a spoken language, CPE enjoys a vigorous oral presence in Cameroon, and the linguistic examples illustrating this description are drawn from a spoken corpus consisting of a range of text types, including oral narratives, radio broadcasts and spontaneous conversation. The authors’ typologically-framed investigation of the features of the language, from its phonetics, phonology and lexicon to its syntax and discourse structure, allows the reader a clear view of the linguistic character of CPE, offering a comprehensive description of the language that will be of interest to creolists as well as linguists interested in African languages, contact linguistics and comparative linguistics.

Relative Clauses In Some Cameroonian Languages

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Author : Gratien Gualbet Atindogbé
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017

Relative Clauses In Some Cameroonian Languages written by Gratien Gualbet Atindogbé and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.

Relative Clauses In Cameroonian Languages

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Author : Gratien Gualbert Atindogbé
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-09-11

The Syntax Of Relative Clauses

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Author : Guglielmo Cinque
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-09-24

The Syntax Of Relative Clauses written by Guglielmo Cinque and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Drawing on a wide range of languages, Cinque argues that all relative clause types derive from a single, double-headed, structure.

On Reconstructing Proto Bantu Grammar

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Author : Koen Bostoen
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
Release Date : 2023-03-15

On Reconstructing Proto Bantu Grammar written by Koen Bostoen and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This book is about reconstructing the grammar of Proto-Bantu, the ancestral language at the origin of current-day Bantu languages. While Bantu is a low-level branch of Niger-Congo, the world’s biggest phylum, it is still Africa’s biggest language family. This edited volume attempts to retrieve the phonology, morphology and syntax used by the earliest Bantu speakers to communicate with each other, discusses methods to do so, and looks at issues raised by these academic endeavours. It is a collective effort involving a fine mix of junior and senior scholars representing several generations of expert historical-comparative Bantu research. It is the first systematic approach to Proto-Bantu grammar since Meeussen’s Bantu Grammatical Reconstructions (1967). Based on new bodies of evidence from the last five decades, most notably from northwestern Bantu languages, this book considerably transforms our understanding of Proto-Bantu grammar and offers new methodological approaches to Bantu grammatical reconstruction.

Manual Of Romance Languages In Africa

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Author : Ursula Reutner
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-12-18

Manual Of Romance Languages In Africa written by Ursula Reutner and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

With more than two thousand languages spread over its territory, multilingualism is a common reality in Africa. The main official languages of most African countries are Indo-European, in many instances Romance. As they were primarily brought to Africa in the era of colonization, the areas discussed in this volume are thirty-five states that were once ruled by Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, or Spain, and the African regions still belonging to three of them. Twenty-six states are presented in relation to French, four to Italian, six to Portuguese, and two to Spanish. They are considered in separate chapters according to their sociolinguistic situation, linguistic history, external language policy, linguistic characteristics, and internal language policy. The result is a comprehensive overview of the Romance languages in modern-day Africa. It follows a coherent structure, offers linguistic and sociolinguistic information, and illustrates language contact situations, power relations, as well as the cross-fertilization and mutual enrichment emerging from the interplay of languages and cultures in Africa.

The Bantu Noun Phrase

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Author : Blasius Achiri-Taboh
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-11-27

The Bantu Noun Phrase written by Blasius Achiri-Taboh and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This collection of original essays addresses salient issues in a range of empirical and conceptual analyses, providing detailed case studies of phenomena in Bantu languages and robust and interesting discussions on the structure of the noun phrase. This volume speaks to contemporary debates on the Bantu noun phrase, seeking to stimulate a greater understanding of the true nature of adnominal modification, definiteness, and anaphoric relations associated with it, with respect to various segmental and supra-segmental, noun formation, and noun classification phenomena. The ten chapters take the reader through the Grassfields, North-Western, North-Eastern and Southern present-day Bantu homeland, making important contributions to the documentation and analysis of Bantu languages. The Bantu Noun Phrase: Issues and Perspectives is unique in its inclusion of so many North-Eastern Bantu languages in its discourse on Bantu linguistics and this important collection will be of particular interest to those researching, teaching, and studying African languages and linguistics.

The Languages And Linguistics Of Africa

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Author : Tom Güldemann
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-09-10

The Languages And Linguistics Of Africa written by Tom Güldemann and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-10 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This innovative handbook takes a fresh look at the currently underestimated linguistic diversity of Africa, the continent with the largest number of languages in the world. It covers the major domains of linguistics, offering both a representative picture of Africa’s linguistic landscape as well as new and at times unconventional perspectives. The focus is not so much on exhaustiveness as on the fruitful relationship between African and general linguistics and the contributions the two domains can make to each other. This volume is thus intended for readers with a specific interest in African languages and also for students and scholars within the greater discipline of linguistics.

Relative Clauses In Some Cameroonian Languages

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