A Grammar of Diola-Fogny
A Grammar of Diola-Fogny
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First published in 1965, and reprinted in 1969, this monograph by J. David Sapir is concerned with the language of the Diola (Dyola, Jola) people living near the Casamance River in the region of Senegal historically known as the Basse-Casamance. The study looks specifically at the important dialect Fogny, which can be thought of as variants of 'standard' Diola. At the time of the monograph's publication, the Fogny dialect was used by approximately 85,000 native speakers in the area around Bignona, Senegal, and was understood by practically all Diola people. This grammar presents a descriptive study of the dialect covering phonology, morphology and syntax.
Product details
- Published: August 2011
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780521175043
- Length: 146 pages
- Dimensions: 244 × 170 × 8 mm
- Weight: 0.25kg
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I. Phonology:
- 1. General remarks on phonology
- 2. Phonemics
- 3. Mophophonemics
- 4. Grammatical sketch
- 5. Derivation: secondary neutral theme formation
- 6. Derivation (continued)
- 7. Morphology: substantives - part I
- 8. Independent concord forms: substantives - part II
- 9. Extended noun and seminominal phrases: substantives - part III
- 10. Morphology: finite verbs
- 11. Non-concord modifier
- 12. Sentence types
- Appendix
- Morpheme index
- Bibliography.
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