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Somali Grammar / Christopher R. Green; ed. by Nicola Lampitelli, Evan Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Mouton-CASL Grammar Series [MCASL] ; 5Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (XXVIII, 474 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501511653
  • 9781501503511
  • 9781501503610
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 493.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PJ2532 .G74 2021
  • PJ2532 .G744 2021
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Orthography -- 3 Segmental Phonology -- 4 Syllable structure and phonotactics -- 5 Tone -- 6 Nominal morphology -- 7 Verbs and verbal morphology -- 8 Compounds -- 9 The noun phrase -- 10 The Verb Complex -- 11 Focus markers -- 12 Main clauses without focus marking -- 13 Information structure -- 14 Subordination -- 15 Coordination and other adverbials -- 16 Questions -- A Appendix - Suffixing verb paradigms -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This book offers a contemporary look at Somali from the standpoint of its major varieties and provides a comprehensive account of the language that is grounded in linguistic theory and the latest scholarship. The grammar includes an extensive array of examples drawn from online corpora and from fieldwork with native speakers of the language.

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Orthography -- 3 Segmental Phonology -- 4 Syllable structure and phonotactics -- 5 Tone -- 6 Nominal morphology -- 7 Verbs and verbal morphology -- 8 Compounds -- 9 The noun phrase -- 10 The Verb Complex -- 11 Focus markers -- 12 Main clauses without focus marking -- 13 Information structure -- 14 Subordination -- 15 Coordination and other adverbials -- 16 Questions -- A Appendix - Suffixing verb paradigms -- Bibliography -- Index

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This book offers a contemporary look at Somali from the standpoint of its major varieties and provides a comprehensive account of the language that is grounded in linguistic theory and the latest scholarship. The grammar includes an extensive array of examples drawn from online corpora and from fieldwork with native speakers of the language.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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