LINGUIST List 4.1017

Tue 30 Nov 1993

Qs: The origin of Case systems, Mahou

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1. Bill Griffiths, Origin of case systems
2. , Mahou

I am, posting this query on behalf of a collegue, but I find the query itself
very interesting. Has there been work done on the origin of case systems in
languages? I am interested in both speculative and emprical work--for example,
are there examples of language change from analytic to synthetic structure?
The change from synthetic to analytic has numerous attestations. I would be
interested in any thoughts or references on the subject. Thank you in advance.
 You may reply to me personally at:

wjgriffukanvm.bitnet
wjgriffukanvm.cc.ukans.edu
Bill Griffiths

I would like to find a copy of a paper by Moussa Bamba entitled "La
structure de Base en Mahou", dated 1982, cited as a manuscript at
UQAM. The paper is cited in H. Koopman's 1983 book <<The syntax of
verbs>>.

Does anyone out there have a copy of this paper or know where I could
get one? (Or any other papers by M. Bamba on the syntax of this
language?)

(Mahou is a northern Mande language spoken in Ivory Coast.)

Thanks,
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