LINGUIST List 25.241
Tue
Jan 14 2014
Diss: Bangime,
Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Typology, Language
Documentation: Hantgan: 'Aspects of Bangime
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Date: 10-Jan-2014
From: Abbie Hantgan
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Subject: Aspects of Bangime
Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax
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Institution: Indiana University Bloomington
Program: Department of Linguistics
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2013
Author: Abbie Hantgan
Dissertation Title: Aspects of Bangime
Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax
Dissertation URL:
http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/1467468718.html?FMT=ABS
Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
Morphology
Phonology
Syntax
Typology
Subject Language(s):
Bangi Me (dba)
Language Family(ies): Language Isolate
Dissertation Director:
Samuel Gyasi Obeng
Robert Botne
Stuart M Davis
Jeffrey Heath
Dissertation Abstract:
This dissertation provides a description of
aspects of the phonology,
morphology, and morphosyntax of Bangime.
Bangime is a language isolate
spoken in the Dogon language speaking area of
Central Eastern Mali.
Although the Bangande, the speakers of Bangime,
self-identify with the
Dogon, their language bears practically no
resemblance to the surrounding
Dogon languages. Bangime has limited productive
morphological processes
whereas Dogon languages are agglutinating, with
productive morphemes to
indicate inflectional and derivational verbal
and nominal processes.
Bangime has a complex tonal system. General
tendencies of the tonal
patterns are described, with the many
exceptions which frequently occur
also outlined. Nominal tonal meloadies are
apparent in plural forms.
Objects in verb phrases receive tonal agreement
with tones on the verb in
accordance with the subject of the
sentence.
The tense, aspect, and mood system of the
language is also complicated.
Inflectional marking on the verb, auxiliaries,
and the word order all
contribute to the indication of the tense,
aspect or mood of the sentence.
An overview of these multifaceted phonological
and morphological processes
is provided in this dissertation with
hypotheses as to how the language
might have evolved.
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