Cameroon

A Grammar of Makary Kotoko

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2020-06-18
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xviii, 502 pages
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In A Grammar of Makary Kotoko, Sean Allison provides a thorough description and analysis of Makary Kotoko - a Central Chadic language of Cameroon, framing the discussion within R.M.W. Dixon’s (2010a, 2010b, 2012) Basic Linguistic Theory. Working with an extensive corpus of recorded texts supplemented by interactions with native speakers of the language, the author provides the first full grammar of a Kotoko language. The detailed analysis of the phonology, morphology, syntax, and discourse features of Makary Kotoko is from a functional/typological perspective. Being based on a large number of oral texts, the analysis provides an example-rich description showing the range of variation of the constructions presented while giving insights into Kotoko culture.
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Published
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phonology -- 3 Allomorphy -- 4 Word Classes and Grammatical Markers -- 5 Nominal Morphology -- 6 Noun Phrase -- 7 Numerals and Non-numeral Quantifiers -- 8 Asymmetric Coordination -- 9 Concrete and Abstract Thing -- 10 Adverbs and Ideophones -- 11 Prepositions and Locative Specifiers -- 12 Local Adverbial Demonstratives -- 13 Aspectual/Modal Coding -- 14 Verbal Morphology -- 15 Non-human/Locative Pronoun lə -- 16 Locative Particles -- 17 Verb Argument Structure -- 18 Reflexive and Reciprocal Markers -- 19 Arguments of the Verb Phrase -- 20 Comparison -- 21 Non-verbal Predication -- 22 Negation -- 23 Interrogatives -- 24 Imperatives and Commands -- 25 Resumptive Pronouns -- 26 Information Structure Topic, Switch Topic, Focus, Contrastive Focus -- 27 Relative Clauses -- 28 Complement Clauses -- 29 Combining Clauses -- Appendix A: Interlinearized Texts -- Appendix B: Makary Kotoko—English Lexicon -- Appendix C: Pronominal Forms -- References -- Index
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Grammars and Sketches of the World’s Languages,12
Entry Number:
85398