A Grammatical Description of the Engenni Language

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ID2855467
AuthorsLarry M Hyman (0000-0002-7676-6358), Elaine Thomas (0000-0002-6904-5405)
Year1979
Volume55
Issue3
Pages748
Publication date1979-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/413358
OpenAlexW2106261721
LanguageEN
Citations received19

This thesis presents a systematic description of the grammar of the Engenni language. The first chapter gives a general introduction to the Engenni people and language and describes the linguistic model which is used for the analysis. The phonology of the language including the main features of the tonal system, and the transcription used in the thesis are outlined in Chapter Two. Chapter Three describes the features of the largest unit in the grammar, the discourse. Chapter Four is an account of the sentence, and Chapters Five and Six an account of the clause. Chapters Seven to Nine describe the three phrase classes. Chapter Seven is an account of the verbal phrase; Chapter Eight an account of the nominal phrase; and Chapter Nine an account of the adverbial phrase. The major word classes are described in Chapter Ten, and the minor word classes in Chapter Eleven. Chapter Twelve contains an analysed text. The thesis ends with a list of abbreviations, a bibliography and an index

Linguistics · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Psychology

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