| A Grammar of Kusaal: A Mabia (Gur) Language of Northern Ghana Contributor(s): Voßen, Rainer (Other), Musah, Agoswin (Author) |
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ISBN: 363174868X ISBN-13: 9783631748688 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $79.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | German - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 496.35 |
| LCCN: 2018034711 |
| Series: Schriften Zur Afrikanistik / Research In African Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (1.05 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kusaal is a Mabia (traditional Gur) language spoken in north-eastern Ghana. Until recently, there was a paucity of linguistic research on the language, thus, the need for a concise and lucid grammar. The study adopts a holistic linguistic approach to language documentation and description drawing on a corpus of synchronic data collected on fieldtrips. The analysis of the data is guided by a confluence of structural and functional grammar approaches following Payne (1997) and Dixon's (2010) Basic Linguistic Theory. The phonology, nouns and noun class systems, nominal modifiers and relator nouns, verbs, phrases, aspect and modality, clause structure, verb serialisation and pragmatically marked structures are considered together with a speech form similar to signifying/playing the dozens. |