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A Grammar of Kusaal
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A Grammar of Kusaal : A Mabia (Gur) Language of Northern Ghana

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ISBN-10 363174868X
ISBN-13 9783631748688
Edition New
Publisher Peter Lang AG
Imprint Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture DE
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Nov 28th, 2018
Print length 284 Pages
Weight 464 grams
Dimensions 15.30 x 21.40 x 2.30 cms
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This study adopts a holistic approach to language documentation and description. Drawing on a corpus of synchronic data collected during fieldwork and guided by Basic Linguistic Theory, it explores topics in Kusaal grammar including phonology, noun classes and relator nouns, phrases and clauses as well as the structuring of pragmatic information.

Kusaal is a Mabia (traditional Gur) language spoken in north-eastern Ghana. Until recently, there was a paucity of linguistic research on the language, thus, the need for a concise and lucid grammar. The study adopts a holistic linguistic approach to language documentation and description drawing on a corpus of synchronic data collected on fieldtrips. The analysis of the data is guided by a confluence of structural and functional grammar approaches following Payne (1997) and Dixon’s (2010) Basic Linguistic Theory. The phonology, nouns and noun class systems, nominal modifiers and relator nouns, verbs, phrases, aspect and modality, clause structure, verb serialisation and pragmatically marked structures are considered together with a speech form similar to «signifying/playing the dozens».


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