A grammar of Eton

A grammar of Eton

by Velde, Mark L. O. van de

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A Grammar of Eton is the first description of the Cameroonian Bantu language Eton. It is also one of the few complete descriptions of a North-western Bantu language. The complex tonology of Eton is carefully analysed and presented in a simple and consistent descriptive framework, which permits the reader to keep track of Eton's many tonal morphemes. Phonologists will be especially interested in the analysis of stem initial prominence, which manifests itself in a number of logically independent …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :A grammar of Eton / by Mark L.O. Van de Velde.

Summary

A Grammar of Eton is the first description of the Cameroonian Bantu language Eton. It is also one of the few complete descriptions of a North-western Bantu language. The complex tonology of Eton is carefully analysed and presented in a simple and consistent descriptive framework, which permits the reader to keep track of Eton's many tonal morphemes. Phonologists will be especially interested in the analysis of stem initial prominence, which manifests itself in a number of logically independent phenomena, including length of the onset consonant, phonotactic skewing and number of tonal attachmen.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2008.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Mouton de Gruyter
  • Place of Publication:Berlin
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xxii, 432 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783110207859, 3110207850, 1282196936, 9781282196933
  • DOI:10.1515/9783110207859
  • oclc:ocn301814599
  • LC Classification:PL8158.1
  • Dewey Decimal:409/.6711

Table of Contents

Frontmatter; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Phonology; Chapter 3 Nouns; Chapter 4 Verbs; Chapter 5 Other word classes; Chapter 6 Nominals; Chapter 7 Tense, aspect, mood and negation; Chapter 8 The clause; Chapter 9 Complex constructions; Backmatter.

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Subjects

Cameroon Cameroon -- Languages Cameroun -- Langues Eton (African people) -- Languages Eton (Sprache) Eton language (Cameroon) -- Grammar Grammatik Language and languages LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabet…

Writers

Velde, Mark L. O. van de

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