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Tutrugbu (Nyangbo) Language and Culture

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This is the first comprehensive description of Tutrugbu(Nyangbo-nyb), a Ghana Togo Mountain(gtm) language of the Kwa family. It is based on a documentary corpus of different genre of linguistic and cultural practices gathered during periods of immersion fieldwork. Tutrugbu speakers are almost all bilingual in Ewe, another Kwa language. The book presents innovative analyses of phenomena like Advanced Tongue Root and labial vowel harmony, noun classes, topological relational verbs, the two classes of adpositions, obligatory complement verbs, multi-verbs in a single clause, and information structure. This grammar is unparalleled in including a characterization of culturally defined activity types and their associated speech formulae and routine strategies. It should appeal to linguists interested in African languages, language documentation and typology.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-08-01
Mått155 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt747 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfrica
Antal sidor382
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004396982

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James Essegbey, Ph.D. (1999), Leiden University, is an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures at the University of Florida. He is interested in descriptive, documentary and theoretical linguistics, especially in the domain of syntax, semantics and pragmatics; contact linguistics; language and culture; Kwa languages of West Africa, especially Gbe (i.e. Ewe, Gen, Aja and Fon), Akan, and Ghana-Togo Mountain languages; and creole studies. He has worked on the influence of the Gbe languages on the creoles of Suriname, and the description and documentation of Nyangbo. More recently, he has been working on the description and documentation of Dwang (a north Guang language), and Animere (another GTM language).

AcknowledgmentsList of Figures and Tables1 Introduction1.0 The People1.1 Classification1.2 History1.3 The Multilingual Nyangbo Community1.4 The Roadmap for This Grammar2 Phonology2.0 Introduction2.1 Segmental Inventory2.2 Syllable Structure2.3 Phonological Processes2.4 Tone2.5 Conclusion3 Morphology3.0 Introduction3.1 Reduplication3.2 Inflection3.3 Noun Classes3.4 Derivation3.5 Compounding4 The Noun Phrase4.0 Introduction4.1 The Simple Noun Phrase4.2 Complex Noun Phrase5 The Verb Phrase5.0 Introduction5.1 Lexical Aspect5.2 Tense Aspect Mood5.3 Argument Structure6 Adpositional Phrases and Locative Constructions6.0 Introduction6.1 The Basic Locative Construction (BLC)6.2 The Verbs6.3 Postpositions6.4 Prepositions7 Constructions7.0 Introduction7.1 Copula Construction7.2 Descriptive Constructions7.3 Serial Verb Constructions (SVC)7.4 Coordinate Clausal Constructions7.5 Subordinate Clauses8 Sentence Types8.0 Introduction8.1 Declaratives8.2 Interrogatives8.3 Imperatives9 Information Structure9.0 Introduction9.1 Topic9.2 Focus9.3 Contrastive Topic9.4 Cleft Construction9.5 Conclusion10 Routine Activities10.0 Introduction10.1 Greetings10.2 Spinning Yarn10.3 Female Initiation Rite10.4 Funeral RitesReferences