A Grammar of Pévé

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-40915-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 359 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages / Africa

A Grammar of Pévé is the first full description of the Pévé language, a member of the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Pévé is spoken in parts of the southwestern area of the Republic of Chad and the Northern province of the Republic of Cameroon. The grammar will add to information and analyses concerning Afro-Asiatic languages and will help Pévé speakers preserve their language, history, cultural activities, and intercultural relations. The goal of the volume is to document and preserve the language for the benefit of generations to come and to make characteristics of the language available for further research in linguistics, history, anthropology, sociology and related fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shay, Erin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Tables
Abbreviations

1 The Pévé Language
1 Introduction
2 Classification and Nomenclature
3 Existing Works on the Pévé Language
4 Nature and Sources of the Data
5 Notes on the Transcription
6 Outline of the Grammar
3 Conclusion

2 Phonology
1 Introduction
2 Consonants
3 Vowels
4 Phonotactics
5 Tone
6 Conclusion

3 Parsing Morphology
1 Introduction
2 Existing Approaches
3 Distribution of Phrase-Final Forms
4 Function of Final Vowel Addition
5 Conclusion

4 Verbs
1 Introduction
2 Phonological Structure of the Verb
3 Morphology
4 Derivation
5 Singular vs. Plural Verbs
6 Conclusion

5 Nouns and the Noun Phrase
1 Introduction
2 Phonological Structure of the Noun
3 Number
4 Noun Phrase
5 Prenominal Modifiers
6 Post-nominal Modifiers
7 Conjoined Noun Phrase
8 Proper Names
9 Derived Nouns
10 Conclusion

6 Coding Grammatical Relations
1 Introduction
2 Subject
3 Direct Object Function
4 Indirect Object
5 Summary of the Coding of Grammatical Roles
6 Conclusion

7 Coding Semantic Relations
1 Introduction
2 Semantic Role of the Subject
3 Semantic Role of the Direct Object
4 Semantic Role of the Indirect Object
5 Source
6 Reciprocal
7 Coreferentiality of Subject and Object
8 Conclusion

8 Tense and Aspect
1 Introduction
2 Future Tense
3 Aspect
4 Conclusion

9 Mood and Modality
1 Introduction
2 Subjunctive Mood
3 Epistemic Mood
4 Conclusion

10 Locative Expressions and Locative Predications
1 Introduction
2 Locative Predication in Pévé
3 Semantic Functions of Inherently Locative Predicates
4 Locative Serial Verb Constructions
5 Spatial Prepositions and Specifiers
6 Conclusion

11 Verbless and Copular Predications
1 Introduction
2 Identificational Predication
3 Equational Predication
4 Attributive Predication
5 Possessive Predication
6 Conclusion

12 System of Reference
1 Introduction
2 First Mention: Bare Noun Phrase
3 Deducible Reference Markers: n?, r? and kun?
4 Reference to an Unspecified Entity
5 Anaphoric Reference
6 Deictic Reference
7 Conclusion

13 Interrogatives
1 Introduction
2 Polar Questions
3 Content Questions
4 Conclusion

14 Negation
1 Introduction
2 Indicative Clauses
3 Scope of Negation
4 Conclusion

15 Topicalization and Focus
1 Introduction
2 Topicalization
3 Focus
4 Conclusion

16 Conjoined Clauses
1 Introduction
2 Conjunction ?ay
3 Counterexpectation
4 Conclusion

17 Relative Clauses
1 Introduction
2 Subject Head
3 Object Head
4 Adjunct Head
5 Deictic Relative Clauses
6 Conclusion

18 Conditional and Temporal Constructions
1 Introduction
2 Conditional Constructions
3 Temporal Constructions
4 Conclusion

19 Complementation
1 Introduction
2 Verbs of Saying
3 Verbs of Perception
4 Verbs of Cognition
5 Volitional Verb wà?
6 Ability Verb gàk ‘Can, Be Able’
7 Counterfactual Matrix Clause
8 Complements of Other Verbs
9 Conclusion

20 Comparative Constructions
1 Introduction
2 Equal Comparison
3 Unequal Comparison
4 Conclusion

21 Adjunct Phrases and Clauses
1 Introduction
2 Temporal Adjuncts
3 Associative and Instrumental Adjuncts
4 Manner Adjuncts
5 Intensity, Repetition, and Recurrence
6 Purpose Clauses
7 Reason Clauses
8 Positive Adjunct
9 Conclusion

22 Sample Texts
1 Monitor Lizard and Guinea Fowl
2 Bus Trip: Lazare Wambadang

Appendix 1: A Compilation of Tables
Appendix 2: A Summary of Morphological Forms and Functions
Pévé-English Lexicon
English-Pévé Lexicon
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Erin Shay is Assistant Professor Adjunct at the University of Colorado, where she earned her Ph.D. in 1999. She is the author/co-author of grammars of four Chadic languages and many books and papers concerning linguistic forms and functions.