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1 online resource (194 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; 1. Origins and purpose of the book; 2. The principles and terminology of classification; 3. The language groups of Ghana; 4. The terminology of structure; 5. The terminology of language in social life; 6. References and further reading; Chapter Two: The Gur Languages; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Gur; 1.2 Language names; 1.3 Multilingualism; 1.4 Geographical distribution; 2. Language groupings; 2.1 Relationship amongst languages |
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2.2 The Gur family2.3 The Grusi languages; 2.4 The Oti-Volta languages; 2.5 Complications; 3. Language characteristics; 3.1 Language samples; 3.2 Form of description; 3.3 Sound systems; 3.4 Sentence types; 3.5 Word forms; 4. Language use; 4.1 Inter-communication and multilingualism; 4.2 Dialect variation; 5. Language list; 6. References and further reading; Chapter Three: The Volta-Comoe Languages; 1. Introduction; 2. The Central Comoé (Tano) languages; 2.1 Language and dialect; 2.2 Sociolinguistic aspects; 2.3 Linguistic characteristics; 3. Guang; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Classification |
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3.3 Sociolinguistic aspects3.4 Linguistic characteristics; 4. References and further reading; Chapter Four: Ewe; 1 . Introduction; 1.1 Name; 1.2 Area and population; 1.3 Uses; 2. Phonology; 2.1 Segments; 2.2 Basic syllable structure; 2.3 The nucleus; 2.4 First margin; 2.5 Second margin; 2.6 Tone; 2.7 Changes of syllable in context; 3. Grammar; 3.1 The sentence; 3.2 The clause; 3.3 Particles; 3.4 The verbal phrase; 3.5 The nominal phrase; 3.6 The adverbial phrase; 3.7 Grammatical word classes; 3.8 Lexical word classes; 4. Bibliography; Chapter Five: Ga-Dangme; 1. Introduction |
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2. Historical relations, and mutual intelligibility3. Dialect variation; 4. Structure; 4.1 Phonology; 4.2 Grammar; 5. Sociolinguistic aspects; 5.1 Ga and Dangme as second languages; 5.2 Second languages of Gas and Dangmes; 5.3 Status in public life; 6. References and further reading; Chapter Six: The Central-Togo Languages; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Linguistic classification; 2. Aspects of the sociolinguistic situation; 2.1 Status and use of the local languages; 2.2 Multilingualism; 3. Structural features of the Central-Togo languages; 3.1 Phonetics and phonology; 3.2 Morphology; 3.3 Syntax |
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4. References and further readingChapter Seven: Mande Languages; 1. Bisa; 1.1 The Bisa people; 1.2 The Bisa language: general; 1.3 The Bisa language: characteristics; 1.4 Further reading; 2. Ligbi; 2.1 Geography; 2.2 The language; 2.3 Bibliography; Chapter Eight: Other Languages Used in Ghana; 1. European languages; 2. African languages; 3. References and further reading; List of Maps; List of Contributors; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315683393 |
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1315683393 |
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