Childs A Grammar of Mani

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-026501-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 289 Seiten

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This book provides a complete grammar of the Mani language spoken in the Samu (alternate French spelling “Samou”) region of Sierra Leone and Guinea. The data come from a short pilot study conducted in 2000, and a larger study taking place over two years 2004-2006. That the Mani language will soon disappear is certain; just as certain is that this grammar will be the only one ever written.

Zielgruppe

Historical-Comparative Linguistics, especially Those Interested i

Autoren/Hrsg.

Childs, G. Tucker

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Ethnolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;8
2;Dedication;9
3;Preface;10
4;Table of contents;14
5;Conventions, abbreviations and symbols used;18
5.1;Conventions;18
5.2;Abbreviations;19
6;Chapter 1: Introduction;22
6.1;1. Project location;23
6.2;2. Mani nomenclature;26
6.3;3. Demographics;27
6.4;4. Classification;28
6.5;5. Historical background;32
6.6;6. Pilot study: Language assessment survey (2000);34
6.7;7. The Mani Documentation Project (2004–06);37
6.8;8. Typological overview;38
7;Chapter 2: Phonemic inventory;42
7.1;1. The consonants of Mani;42
7.2;2. The vowels of Mani;52
7.3;3. Syllabic nasals;55
8;Chapter 3: Prosody;58
8.1;1. Nasalization;58
8.2;2. Syllable structure;59
8.3;3. Syllable-structure changes;60
8.4;4. Tone;65
8.5;5. Intonation;70
9;Chapter 4: Word categories;74
9.1;1. Nouns;74
9.2;2. Names;76
9.3;3. Pronouns;77
9.3.1;3.1 Personal pronouns;78
9.3.2;3.2 Noun class pronouns;79
9.3.3;3.3 Demonstrative pronouns;80
9.3.4;3.4 Indefinite and locative pronouns;83
9.3.5;3.5 Reflexivity and reciprocity;87
9.4;4. Numbers;88
9.5;5. Adjectives and related forms;92
9.5.1;5.1 Adjectives;92
9.5.2;5.2 Demonstrative adjectives;96
9.5.3;5.3 Articles;98
9.5.4;5.4 Quantifiers and ordinal numbers;100
9.6;6. Verbs and verbal forms;103
9.7;7. The Copula;107
9.8;8. Adverbs;116
9.9;9. Ideophones;118
9.10;10. Adpositions;122
9.11;11. Conjunctions;123
9.12;12. Particles;125
10;Chapter 5: Some remarks on semantics;128
10.1;1. Family relations;128
10.2;2. Mental and bodily states;131
10.3;3. Time words;132
10.4;4. Mood;133
11;Chapter 6: The noun class system;138
11.1;1. The w. class;140
11.2;2. The .a class (human plurals);142
11.3;3. The le class;143
11.4;4. The sa class (animal plurals) and animate concord;145
11.5;5. The nye class;147
11.6;6. The ta class (inanimate plurals);149
11.7;7. The ma class;150
11.8;8. The noun-like indefinite pronoun pe;152
11.9;9. Final comments on the noun class system;153
12;Chapter 7: Verbal morphology;156
12.1;1. Habitual;159
12.2;2. Perfective;162
12.3;3. Imperfective;165
12.4;4. Past;168
12.5;5. Hortative;173
12.6;6. Negative;175
12.7;7. Co-occurrence of ka and ce (summarized);181
12.8;8. Other verbal matters;182
13;Chapter 8: Derivational morphology;188
13.1;1. Verb extensions;188
13.1.1;1.1 Benefactive;189
13.1.2;1.2 Causative;191
13.1.3;1.3 Stative;192
13.1.4;1.4 Completive;194
13.1.5;1.5 Middle;197
13.1.6;1.6 Pluractional reduplication;200
13.1.7;1.7 Final comments on verb extensions;202
13.2;2. Other derivational processes;204
13.2.1;2.1 Adjectivalization;204
13.2.2;2.2 Nominalization;205
13.2.3;2.3 Masculine and feminine nouns / animals;206
13.2.4;2.4 Adverbialization;206
14;Chapter 9: Compounding;208
15;Chapter 10: Phrase-level syntax;212
15.1;1. The noun phrase;212
15.1.1;1.1 Possession;215
15.1.2;1.2 Attributive constructions;219
15.1.3;1.3 Distributive;220
15.2;2. The verb phrase;221
15.2.1;2.1 i Insertion;221
15.2.2;2.2 Split predicates, the S-Aux-O-V-X syntagm;228
15.2.3;2.3 The Inner VP;232
15.3;3. The adpositional phrase;233
16;Chapter 11: Clause-level syntax;236
16.1;1. Questions;236
16.2;2. Focus;238
16.3;3. Comparative constructions;243
16.4;4. Topicalization;245
17;Chapter 12: Subordination and coordination;248
17.1;1. Embedding;248
17.2;2. Relativization;249
17.3;3. Subordinate clauses;252
17.4;4. Coordination;255
18;Chapter 13: Discourse and pragmatics;256
18.1;1. Discourse particles;256
18.2;2. Salutations, politeness formulae, terms of address;257
19;Appendices;262
19.1;Appendix 1: Texts;262
19.1.1;“How to fish on the open sea”;262
19.1.2;A section from a Mani history;265
19.1.3;“Tomro and the hippopotamus”;265
19.1.4;A Mani lullaby;267
19.1.5;Some Mani proverbs;268
19.1.6;Some Mani insults;269
19.2;Appendix 2: Pedagogical materials;271
19.2.1;Sample pages from a Mani primer (Childs 2007);271
19.2.2;Story from a Mani primer;272
20;Notes;274
21;References;278
22;Index;290

Über Autor(innen)

G. Tucker Childs, Portland State University, USA.