Hellwig A Grammar of Goemai

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-023829-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 51, 613 Seiten

Reihe: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]

This is the first description of Goemai, a West Chadic language of Nigeria. Goemai is spoken in a language contact area, and this contact has shaped Goemai grammar to the extent that it can be considered a fairly untypical Chadic language. The grammar presents the structure of the present-day language, relates it to its diachronic sources, and adds a semantic perspective to the description.

Zielgruppe

Typologists, Africanists (Chadic / Afroasiatic / Nigeria)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hellwig, Birgit

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Ethnolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Table of contents;8
3;List of tables, figures and maps;13
4;Abbreviations and conventions;16
5;Chapter 1. Introduction;20
5.1;1. The Goemai language and its speakers;20
5.1.1;1.1. Linguistic classification and history of documentation;20
5.1.2;1.2. Historical and sociolinguistic background;23
5.2;2. The fieldwork setting;26
5.3;3. Language profile;27
5.3.1;3.1. Typological sketch;27
5.3.2;3.2. Diachronic origins;33
5.4;4. Structure of the grammar;35
6;Chapter 2. Phonology and tonology;36
6.1;1. Phonemes, tonemes and orthography;36
6.1.1;1.1. Consonants;38
6.1.2;1.2. Secondary articulation;47
6.1.3;1.3. Vowels;50
6.1.4;1.4. Tones;61
6.1.5;1.5. A note on the orthography;71
6.2;2. Syllables, morphemes and words;73
6.2.1;2.1. Segmental processes;73
6.2.2;2.2. Suprasegmental processes;81
6.3;3. Clauses;82
6.4;4. Summary;84
7;Chapter 3. Nouns and the noun phrase;86
7.1;1. Noun phrase;86
7.2;2. Nouns;89
7.2.1;2.1. Common nouns: Nominal number;90
7.2.2;2.2. Common nouns: Noun classification;97
7.2.3;2.3. Names and titles;103
7.2.4;2.4. Personal pronouns;106
7.2.5;2.5. Diminutive;116
7.3;3. Conjoining nouns and noun phrases;118
7.3.1;3.1. Complex nominal heads;118
7.3.2;3.2. Coordinated noun phrases;125
7.4;4. Nominalization;131
7.4.1;4.1. Nominalization of verbs;131
7.4.1.1;4.1.1. Zero nominalization;131
7.4.1.2;4.1.2. Bì nominalization;135
7.4.1.3;4.1.3. Nyè- nominalization;137
7.4.1.4;4.1.4. Noun-verb nominalization;138
7.4.1.5;4.1.5. Summary and discussion;139
7.4.2;4.2. Modifying construction;141
7.4.3;4.3. Nominalization of verb phrases;151
7.4.3.1;4.3.1. Participle nominalization;151
7.4.3.2;4.3.2. Action nominalization;153
7.4.4;4.4. Nominalization of clauses;154
7.4.4.1;4.4.1. Clausal nominalization;154
7.4.4.2;4.4.2. Manner / locative nominalization;157
7.5;5. Other elements of the noun phrase;159
7.5.1;5.1. Quantifier;160
7.5.2;5.2. Associative plural;162
7.5.3;5.3. Specific-indefinite article;164
7.5.4;5.4. Demonstratives;169
7.5.5;5.5. Locative anaphor;178
7.5.6;5.6. Definite article;181
7.6;6. Summary;184
8;Chapter 4. Verbs and the verb phrase;187
8.1;1. Verbs and the verb phrase: An overview;187
8.1.1;1.1. Identifying verbs and the verb phrase;187
8.1.2;1.2. Verb morphology;191
8.1.3;1.3. Verb semantics;196
8.2;2. Argument structure and lexical aspect;199
8.2.1;2.1. A Chadic perspective;200
8.2.2;2.2. Argument structure;202
8.2.3;2.3. Lexical aspect;209
8.3;3. Argument structure constructions;217
8.3.1;3.1. Ditransitive construction;219
8.3.2;3.2. Transitive patient / theme construction;222
8.3.3;3.3. Transitive range construction;226
8.3.4;3.4. Causative construction;233
8.3.5;3.5. Intransitive construction;242
8.4;4. Detransitivizing strategies;244
8.4.1;4.1. Impersonal construction;245
8.4.2;4.2. Participle;248
8.4.3;4.3. Reflexive, reciprocal and reflexive-intransitive: Sék ‘body’;248
8.5;5. Adding participants to an event;255
8.5.1;5.1. Prepositions, prefixes, conjunctions and spatial nominals;255
8.5.2;5.2. Serialization;261
8.5.3;5.3. Juxtaposition;262
8.6;6. Changing lexical aspect;263
8.6.1;6.1. Cognate object and light verb constructions;263
8.6.2;6.2. Serialization;266
8.6.3;6.3. Modifying construction;267
8.7;7. Summary;268
9;Chapter 5. Adverbial phrases;271
9.1;1. The adverbial phrase;271
9.2;2. Adverbs;275
9.2.1;2.1. Adverbs and their defining properties;275
9.2.2;2.2. Semantic types;281
9.2.2.1;2.2.1. Quantifiers;282
9.2.2.2;2.2.2. Numerals;283
9.2.2.3;2.2.3. Spatial adverbs;287
9.2.2.4;2.2.4. Temporal adverbs;294
9.2.2.5;2.2.5. Aspectual adverbs;295
9.2.2.6;2.2.6. Manner;296
9.2.2.7;2.2.7. Evaluation;298
9.2.3;2.3. Adverbialization;298
9.3;3. Ideophones;300
9.4;4. Locative classes: Prepositions, prefixes, spatial nominals;304
9.5;5. Summary;313
10;Chapter 6. Closed word classes and other parts of speech;315
10.1;1. Particles and conjunctions;315
10.1.1;1.1. Tense / aspect / modality (TAM) particles;316
10.1.2;1.2. Focus and emphasis particles;316
10.1.3;1.3. Question particles;321
10.1.4;1.4. Negation particles;324
10.1.5;1.5. Discourse particles;326
10.1.6;1.6. Clausal particles and conjunctions;328
10.2;2. Clitics and affixes;329
10.2.1;2.1. Clitics;329
10.2.2;2.2. Affixes;333
10.3;3. Interjections;333
10.4;4. Interrogatives;336
10.5;5. Summary;340
11;Chapter 7. Tense, aspect, modality (TAM);342
11.1;1. Introduction;342
11.2;2. Unmarked verb;345
11.3;3. Tense;348
11.4;4. Aspect;352
11.4.1;4.1. Progressive;354
11.4.2;4.2. Habitual;365
11.4.3;4.3. Durative;369
11.4.4;4.4. Anterior;372
11.4.5;4.5. Resultative;374
11.5;5. Modality and mood;376
11.5.1;5.1. Irrealis;377
11.5.2;5.2. Obligative;381
11.5.3;5.3. Permissive;383
11.5.4;5.4. Irrealis(focused);384
11.5.5;5.5. Irrealis (negative);385
11.5.6;5.6. Imperative;387
11.6;6. Summary;388
11.7;7. TAM paradigms;388
12;Chapter 8. Clause types;393
12.1;1. Simple verbal clauses;393
12.1.1;1.1. Intransitive, transitive and ditransitive clauses;393
12.1.2;1.2. Locative and existential clause;396
12.1.3;1.3. Presentative clause;399
12.2;2. Non-verbal clauses: Equational and possessive clauses;401
12.2.1;2.1. Non-verbal clauses;402
12.2.1.1;2.1.1. Equationalclause;404
12.2.1.2;2.1.2. Possessive clause;406
12.2.2;2.2. Intrusion of verbs into equational, ascriptive and poss. contexts;407
12.2.2.1;2.2.1. Verbal ascriptive construction;407
12.2.2.2;2.2.2. Inceptive equational construction;410
12.2.2.3;2.2.3. Possession;411
12.3;3. Verb serialization;412
12.3.1;3.1. Defining properties of serial verb constructions;413
12.3.2;3.2. Coordinate serial verb construction;424
12.3.3;3.3. Inchoative and configurational serial verb constructions;428
12.3.4;3.4. Deictic serial verb construction;431
12.4;4. Multiverb constructions;432
12.4.1;4.1. Adverbial and nominalized clauses;433
12.4.1.1;4.1.1. Nominalized clause;434
12.4.1.2;4.1.2. Adverbial clause;438
12.4.2;4.2. Complement clause;443
12.4.3;4.3. Complements of auxiliary verbs;448
12.4.4;4.4. Consequence clause;449
12.4.5;4.5. Purpose and sequential clauses;455
12.4.5.1;4.5.1. Purposive linking and purpose clauses;455
12.4.5.2;4.5.2. Sequential linking;459
12.4.5.3;4.5.3. Complementation strategies;461
12.4.6;4.6. Reason clauses;462
12.4.7;4.7. Reported speech;464
12.4.8;4.8. Conditional clause;476
12.4.9;4.9. Juxtaposition and conjunctions;482
12.5;5. Summary;486
13;Appendix 1. Text collection;488
13.1;1. Speech: Speaking the Goemai language (D00NSpeaking);488
13.2;2. Folktale: The rabbit and a famine (F04ATamtis);495
13.3;3. Riddles (D04AKurgoede1, O04ANKurgoede2);515
13.4;4. Proverbs (O04ANSemkwal3);521
13.5;5. Songs (O04AKangrang1, O04AKangrang2);525
13.6;6. Procedural text: Cooking mu_alam (P04CMualam2);530
14;Appendix 2. Wordlist;540
15;References;584
16;Index;607

Über Autor(innen)

Hellwig, Birgit
Birgit Hellwig, University of Erfurt, Germany