A Grammar of Mani [Elektronisk resurs] / by G. Tucker Childs.

• 1.4 Completive1.5 Middle; 1.6 Pluractional reduplication; 1.7 Final comments on verb extensions; 2. Other derivational processes; 2.1 Adjectivalization; 2.2 Nominalization; 2.3 Masculine and feminine nouns / animals; 2.4 Adverbialization; Chapter 9: Compounding; Chapter 10: Phrase-level syntax; 1. The noun phrase; 1.1 Possession; 1.2 Attributive constructions; 1.3 Distributive; 2. The verb phrase; 2.1 i Insertion; 2.2 Split predicates, the S-Aux-O-V-X syntagm; 2.3 The Inner VP; 3. The adpositional phrase; Chapter 11: Clause-level syntax; 1. Questions; 2. Focus; 3. Comparative constructions.
• 4. TopicalizationChapter 12: Subordination and coordination; 1. Embedding; 2. Relativization; 3. Subordinate clauses; 4. Coordination; Chapter 13: Discourse and pragmatics; 1. Discourse particles; 2. Salutations, politeness formulae, terms of address; Appendices; Appendix 1: Texts; "How to fish on the open sea"; A section from a Mani history; "Tomro and the hippopotamus"; A Mani lullaby; Some Mani proverbs; Some Mani insults; Appendix 2: Pedagogical materials; Sample pages from a Mani primer (Childs 2007); Story from a Mani primer; Notes; References; Index;.
• Acknowledgements; Dedication; Preface; Conventions, abbreviations and symbols used; Conventions; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1. Project location; 2. Mani nomenclature; 3. Demographics; 4. Classification; 5. Historical background; 6. Pilot study: Language assessment survey (2000); 7. The Mani Documentation Project (2004-06); 8. Typological overview; Chapter 2: Phonemic inventory; 1. The consonants of Mani; 2. The vowels of Mani; 3. Syllabic nasals; Chapter 3: Prosody; 1. Nasalization; 2. Syllable structure; 3. Syllable-structure changes; 4. Tone; 5. Intonation.
• Chapter 4: Word categories1. Nouns; 2. Names; 3. Pronouns; 3.1 Personal pronouns; 3.2 Noun class pronouns; 3.3 Demonstrative pronouns; 3.4 Indefinite and locative pronouns; 3.5 Reflexivity and reciprocity; 4. Numbers; 5. Adjectives and related forms; 5.1 Adjectives; 5.2 Demonstrative adjectives; 5.3 Articles; 5.4 Quantifiers and ordinal numbers; 6. Verbs and verbal forms; 7. The Copula; 8. Adverbs; 9. Ideophones; 10. Adpositions; 11. Conjunctions; 12. Particles; Chapter 5: Some remarks on semantics; 1. Family relations; 2. Mental and bodily states; 3. Time words; 4. Mood.
• Chapter 6: The noun class system1. The w? class; 2. The ?a class (human plurals); 3. The le class; 4. The sa class (animal plurals) and animate concord; 5. The nye class; 6. The ta class (inanimate plurals); 7. The ma class; 8. The noun-like indefinite pronoun pe; 9. Final comments on the noun class system; Chapter 7: Verbal morphology; 1. Habitual; 2. Perfective; 3. Imperfective; 4. Past; 5. Hortative; 6. Negative; 7. Co-occurrence of ka and ce (summarized); 8. Other verbal matters; Chapter 8: Derivational morphology; 1. Verb extensions; 1.1 Benefactive; 1.2 Causative; 1.3 Stative.

• G. Tucker Childs 
• This book provides a complete grammar of the Mani language spoken in the Samu (alternate French spelling "Samou") region of Sierra Leone andGuinea. The data come from a short pilot study conducted during July and August of 2000, and a larger study taking place over two years (the Mani Documentation Project or MDP, 2004-06, and two brief returns in April 2009 and February 2010). That the Mani language will soon disappear is certain; just as certain is that this grammar will be the only one ever written 

Ämnesord

Mmani  (gbv)

Klassifikation

PL8093.1 .C55 2011 (LCC)

496/.345 (DDC)

LAN009000 (BISAC)

Fxpbg (kssb/8 (machine generated))