A grammar of Mani

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This book provides a complete grammar of the Mani language spoken in the Samu (alternate French spelling "Samou") region of Sierra Leone andGuinea. The data come from a short pilot study conducted during July and August of 2000, and a larger study taking place over two years (the Mani Documentation Project or MDP, 2004-06, and two brief returns in April 2009 and February 2010). That the Mani language will soon disappear is certain; just as certain is that this grammar will be the only one ever …

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Full title :A grammar of Mani / by G. Tucker Childs.

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Publication Date:2011.

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Publisher(s):De Gruyter Mouton
Place of Publication:Berlin
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Description:1 online resource (xix, 270 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9783110265019, 311026501X, 3110264978, 9783110264975
oclc:ocn785776538
LC Classification:PL8093.1
Dewey Decimal:496/.345

Acknowledgements; Dedication; Preface; Conventions, abbreviations and symbols used; Conventions; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1. Project location; 2. Mani nomenclature; 3. Demographics; 4. Classification; 5. Historical background; 6. Pilot study: Language assessment survey (2000); 7. The Mani Documentation Project (2004-06); 8. Typological overview; Chapter 2: Phonemic inventory; 1. The consonants of Mani; 2. The vowels of Mani; 3. Syllabic nasals; Chapter 3: Prosody; 1. Nasalization; 2. Syllable structure; 3. Syllable-structure changes; 4. Tone; 5. Intonation.

Chapter 4: Word categories1. Nouns; 2. Names; 3. Pronouns; 3.1 Personal pronouns; 3.2 Noun class pronouns; 3.3 Demonstrative pronouns; 3.4 Indefinite and locative pronouns; 3.5 Reflexivity and reciprocity; 4. Numbers; 5. Adjectives and related forms; 5.1 Adjectives; 5.2 Demonstrative adjectives; 5.3 Articles; 5.4 Quantifiers and ordinal numbers; 6. Verbs and verbal forms; 7. The Copula; 8. Adverbs; 9. Ideophones; 10. Adpositions; 11. Conjunctions; 12. Particles; Chapter 5: Some remarks on semantics; 1. Family relations; 2. Mental and bodily states; 3. Time words; 4. Mood.

Chapter 6: The noun class system1. The …