LINGUIST List 14.2370

Mon Sep 8 2003

Books: Syntax, Bantu: Idiata, Mba (eds)

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1. LINCOM.EUROPA, Studies on voice through Verbal extensions: Idiata, Mba (eds)

Title: Studies on voice through Verbal extensions
Subtitle: in nine Bantu languages spoken in Cameroon, Gabon, DRC and Rwanda
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in African Linguistics 56
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Lincom GmbH 
 www.lincom-europa.com, http://lincom.at		 
			
Editor: Daniel Franck Idiata, University of Libreville; Yaounde 1
	University
Editor: Gabriel Mba, University of Libreville; Yaounde 1 University
				
Paperback: ISBN: 3895867160, Pages: 252, Price: 66 EURO			

Abstract:

This collection of papers offers a description of voice through verbal
extensions in nine Bantu languages spoken in Cameroon, Gabon, the
Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. The languages in question
are Bafut, La'mnso, Kom, Isangu, Ngiemboon, Ngwe, Havu, Duala and
Kinyarwanda. For all papers data were collected on the basis of the
same questionnaire and the same theorical basis.
	
Most work on this subject deals with morphologic aspect of the voice
in Bantu languages ; this volume attempts to include a morphosyntactic
issue whereby voice is viewed broadly as comprising all the
morphological procedures which, operating on the level of the verb,
are in relation to the semantic roles attributed to subject and
object. The study of voice here presupposes a consideration of the
systematic relationships which can exist in a language, between verb
morphology and the semantic roles attributed to subject and
object. (for more information, please see the LINCOM webshop :
lincom.at).

Contents: 
Chapter 1 : Bantu verbal extensions : a historical perspective
Chapter 2 : A morphophonemic study of Verbal extensions in Bafut
	 (Grassfields)
Chapter 3 : Verbal extensions in La'mnso (Grassfields)
Chapter 4 : Voice through Verbal extensions in Isangu (B 40)
Chapter 5 : Verbal extensions in Kom (Grassfields)
Chapter 6 : Les extensions verbales en Nguiemboon (Grassfields)
Chapter 7 : Le syst�me des extensions verbales en Kinyarwanda (J. 60)
Chapter 8 : Verbal extensions in Ngwe (Grassfields)
Chapter 9 : Le syst�me des extensions verbales en Havu (J. 50)
Chapter 10 : Le syst�me des extensions verbales en Duala (A 20)

Lingfield(s): African linguistics (General Linguistics)
		Syntax
			 
Subject Language(s): Bafut (Language Code: BFD)
			Kom (Language Code: BKM)
			Isangu (Language Code: SNQ)
			Ngiemboon (Language Code: NNH)
			Ngwe (Language Code: NAT)
			Havu (Language Code: HAV)
			Duala (Language Code: DOU)
 						 
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)


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