| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 509 pages). |
| Series |
Mouton grammar library, 0933-7636 ; 36 |
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Mouton grammar library ; 36.
0933-7636
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-509) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phonology -- 3. The Structure of the Noun Phrase -- 4. The Verb and It's Forms -- 5. Argument Coding -- 6. Coding the Event from the Point of View of Subject -- 7. Locative Prediction and Locative Complements -- 8. Adjuncts -- 9. Goal-Orientation Extension --10. Tenses -- 11. Aspects -- 12. Modality -- 13. End-of-Event Coding -- 14. Negation -- 15. Verbless Clauses -- 16. Interrogative Clauses -- 17. References System -- 18. Focus Constructions -- 19. Topicalization -- 20. Parataxis -- 21. Complementation -- 22. Temporal and Conditional Clauses -- 23. Purpose, Reason, and Conclusion Clauses -- 24. Comparative Constructions -- 25. Relative Clause -- 26. Elements of Discourse Structure -- Tests -- Index -- References. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
A Grammar of Mina is a reference grammar of a hitherto undescribed and endangered Central Chadic language. The book contains a description of the phonology, morphology, syntax, and all the functional domains encoded by this language. For each hypothesis regarding a form of linguistic expression and its function, ample evidence is given. The description of formal means and of the functions coded by these means is couched in terms accessible to all linguists regardless of their theoretical orientations. Because of these unusual linguistic characteristics, the Grammar of Mina will be of interest. |
| Subject |
Mina language (Cameroon) -- Grammar.
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Grammar.
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Phonology.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Languages.
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Grammatik.
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Mina-Sprache.
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| Added Author |
Johnston, Eric, 1966-
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Edwards, Adrian C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Frajzyngier, Zygmunt. Grammar of Mina. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2005 3110185652 (DLC) 2005025880 (OCoLC)61748174 |
| ISBN |
9783110893908 (electronic bk.) |
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3110893908 (electronic bk.) |
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