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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Erin ShayPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 14 Weight: 0.791kg ISBN: 9789004445901ISBN 10: 9004445900 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 21 January 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Tables Abbreviations 1 The Giziga Language 1 Name, Classification, and Geographical Location 2 Existing Literature 3 Data Sources 4 Notes on Data and Transcription 5 Outline of the Grammar 6 Conclusion 2 Phonology 1 Introduction 2 Consonants 3 Vowels 4 Syllable Structures and Syllabification 5 Phonotactics 6 Tone 7 Conclusions 3 Verbs 1 Introduction 2 The Nature of the Underlying Form 3 Structural Classes of Verbs 4 Tone in the Verbal Piece 5 Monosyllabic Verbs 6 Bisyllabic Verbs 7 Deriving the Infinitive Stem 8 Deriving the Participial Stem 9 Conclusions 4 Nouns, Pronouns and Noun Phrases 1 Introduction 2 Phonology of Nouns 3 Vowel-Final Nouns 4 Glide-Final Nouns 5 Consonant-Final Nouns 6 Derived Nouns 7 Semantic Categories of Nouns 8 Conjoining Noun Phrases 9 Independent Pronouns 10 The Noun Phrase 11 Modifying Constructions 12 Number in the Noun Phrase 13 Conclusions 5 Coding Grammatical Relations 1 Introduction 2 Subject 3 Object Suffixes 4 Classes of Verbs 5 Conclusions 6 Coding Semantic Relations 1 Introduction 2 Default Semantic Roles 3 Conclusions 7 Tense and Aspect 1 Introduction 2 Perfective Aspect 3 Imperfective Aspect 4 Progressive Aspect 5 Frequentative Aspect 6 Past Tense 7 Future Tense 8 Conclusions 8 Marking the End of the Event 1 Introduction 2 Form and Distribution of the End-of-Event Marker 3 Conclusions 9 Modality 1 Introduction 2 Deontic Modality 3 Hypothetical Modality 4 Coding Pretense 5 Doubt in Truth 6 The Modal Particle gú ‘be able to’ 7 Conclusions 10 Locative Predication 1 Introduction 2 Locative Verbs 3 Ventive Extension -áwà 4 Stative Predications 5 Prepositions 6 Spatial Specifiers 7 Cardinal Directions 8 Serial Verb Constructions 9 Conclusions 11 Verbless Clauses 1 Introduction 2 Identificational Clauses 3 Attributive Clauses 4 Existential Clauses 5 Possessive Clauses 6 Temporal Distinctions in the Verbless Clause 7 Conclusions 12 System of Reference 1 Introduction 2 Anaphoric Reference to Participants 3 Remote Previous Mention 4 Referential Object Clitic =a 5 Anaphoric Reference to Location, Time, and Events 6 Deictic Reference to Participants 7 Unspecified Referent 8 Conclusions 13 Interrogatives 1 Introduction 2 Polar Interrogatives 3 Disjunctive Questions: X or Y? 4 Content Interrogatives 5 Questions in the Domain de dicto 6 Conclusions 14 Negative Predication 1 Introduction 2 Negating the Verbless Clause 3 Negation in the Verbal Clause 4 Coding Tense in the Negative Clause 5 Negating the Non-referential Subject 6 Conclusions 15 Topics and Topicalization 1 Introduction 2 Topicalized Subject 3 Topicalized Direct Object 4 Topicalized Indirect Object 5 Other Topicalized Constituents 6 Non-constituent Topic 7 Shift in Topic 8 Conclusions 16 Contrastive Focus 1 Introduction 2 Focused Subject 3 Focused Object 4 Focused Predicate 5 Contrastive Focus on Other Constituents 6 Conclusions 17 Conjoining Clauses 1 Introduction 2 Parataxis (Asyndetic Conjunction) 3 The Conjunction páɗ 4 Sequential Conjunction 5 Conjoining Affirmative and Negative Clauses 6 Conclusions 18 Complement Clauses 1 Introduction 2 Comment on a Noun Phrase 3 Comment on an Adjunct 4 Comment on the Protasis 5 Comment on the Purpose Clause 6 Comment on the Matrix Clause 7 Comment on a Complete Clause 8 Interrogative as Comment 9 Conclusions 19 Relative Clauses 1 Introduction 2 Form of the Relative Clause 3 Tense and Aspect in the Relative Clause 4 Coding the Role of the Relativized Constituent 5 Conclusions 20 Conditional and Temporal Constructions 1 Introduction 2 Conditional/Temporal Protasis 3 Conclusions 21 Complementation 1 Introduction 2 Complements of Verbs 3 Conclusions 22 Coding Purpose and Reason 1 Introduction 2 Irrealis Purpose Adjuncts 3 Reason Phrases 4 Conclusions 23 Comparative Constructions 1 Introduction 2 Equal Comparison 3 Unequal Comparison 4 Conclusions 24 Adjuncts 1 Introduction 2 Temporal Adjuncts 3 Manner Adjuncts 4 Interjections and Terms of Address 5 Intensifiers 6 Ideophones 7 Conclusions 25 Sample Texts 1 Introduction 2 The Story of Kay and Her Brother Gòló (Narrated by Saini Sikoua in 2006) 3 A History of Muturua (Narrated by Saini Sikoua in 2007) Appendix 1: A Compilation of Tables Appendix 2: A Summary of Morphological Forms and Functions Giziga-English Lexicon English-Giziga Lexicon References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationErin Shay is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author/co-author of grammars of four Chadic languages and many books and papers concerning linguistic forms and functions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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