Subject: Linguistics Book Title: The Morphosyntax of Complement-Head Sequences
The Morphosyntax of Complement-Head Sequences
Clause Structure and Word Order Patterns in Kwa
Aboh, Enoch Oladé
Professor of Linguistics, University of Amsterdam
Print publication date: 2004
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515990-5
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195159905.001.0001
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515990-5
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195159905.001.0001
Abstract:
This book examines the syntax of the Niger-Conger language family, which includes most of the languages of sub-Saharan Africa. The book's author, who is a native speaker of Gungbe — one of the languages discussed — analyses different aspects of the syntax of the ‘Kwa’ language group. The book discusses how grammatical pictures for these languages can shed some light on Universal Grammar in general.
Keywords: Niger-Conger languages, sub-Saharan Africa, Gungbe, Kwa, Universal Grammar, syntax, clause structure, word order
Keywords: Niger-Conger languages, sub-Saharan Africa, Gungbe, Kwa, Universal Grammar, syntax, clause structure, word order
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Outline of the Grammar of Gbe
3. The Syntax of Noun Phrases
4. The Syntax of Pronouns
5. Tense, Aspect, and Mood: The Preverbal Markers
6. Object Shift and Verb Movement
7. Focus and Wh Constructions
8. Argument Topics and Yes-No Questions
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195159905.001.0001
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