| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
| Series |
Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages / Africa ; 9 |
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Grammars and sketches of the World's languages. Africa ; 9.
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| Contents |
The Pévé language -- Phonology -- Parsing morphology -- Verbs -- Nouns and the noun phrase -- Coding grammatical relations -- Coding semantic relations -- Tense and aspect -- Mood and modality -- Locative expressions and locative predications -- Verbless and copular predications -- System of reference -- Interrogatives -- Negation -- Topicalization and focus -- Conjoined clauses -- Relative clauses -- Conditional and temporal constructions -- Complementation -- Comparative constructions -- Adjunct phrases and clauses -- Sample texts -- Appendix 1: A compilation of tables -- Appendix 2: A summary of morphological forms and functions -- Pévé-English lexicon -- English-Pévé lexicon |
| Summary |
A Grammar of Peve' is the first full description of the Peve language, a member of the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Peve 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 Peve 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-357) and index |
| Subject |
Lamé language (Cameroon)
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Language and languages -- Grammars.
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Lamé language (Cameroon)
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Language and languages.
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Language and languages -- Grammars.
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| SUBJECT |
Cameroon -- Languages.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019142
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Chad -- Languages.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85022286
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| Subject |
Cameroon.
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Chad.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wambadang, Lazare, 1968- author.
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| ISBN |
9789004410053 |
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9004410058 |
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