Case in Africa

by König, Christa

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Title Statements

Full title :Case in Africa / Christa König.

Summary

"This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and distinguishing case systems, Christa Konig begins a thorough analysis of case in roughly 100 African languages and reveals several features, such as tone as a marker for case and the marked-nominative system, which are rare phenomena in other languages of the world. Wherever possible, the author takes into account data from her own substantial and highly regarded field research. The book provides answers to questions such as the following : What is the relationship between definiteness and case? Are case phenomena areally or genetically motivated? Why are case distinctions neutralized in nearly all case languages with verb initial or verb medial word order? Which grammaticalizations appear with case? What is the relationship between topics and nominative cases, or focus and accusative cases?"--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

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Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 2 novembre 2009).

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (xix, 343 pages) : : illustrations, cartes, fichier PDF

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0191552666, 9780191552663, 9786611925314, 6611925317
oclc:ocn473595001
LC Classification:P381.A3
Dewey Decimal:496 22

Subjects

Africa Africa -- Languages Afrique -- Langues e-books Grammaire de cas Langue africaine Livre électronique (Descripteur de form… Livres électroniques Livres numériques Ressource Internet (Descripteur de form…