The morphosyntax of complement-head sequences: clause structure and word order patterns in Kwa

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This is the first book on the syntax of the Niger-Conger language family, which includes most of the languages of sub-Saharan Africa. Aboh, who is a native speaker of one of the languages (Gungbe) discussed, analyzes different aspects of the syntax of the "Kwa" language group. Aboh also suggests how grammatical pictures for these languages can shed some light on Universal Grammar in general

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Full title :The morphosyntax of complement-head sequences : clause structure and word order patterns in Kwa / Enoch Oladé Aboh.

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Publication Date:2004.

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

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Description:1 online resource (375 pages)

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ISBN:9780198036258, 0198036256, 1280704071, 9781280704079, 9780199788125, 019978812X, 0195159896, 9780195159899, 019515990X, 9780195159905
oclc:ocn921176200
LC Classification:PL8424
Dewey Decimal:496/.337

List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Purpose and organization of the book; 1.2 Theoretical background; 2 Outline of the Grammar of Gbe ; 2.1 On the term Gbe; 2.2 The Gbe cluster; 2.3 Notes on tones in the syntax of Gbe; 2.4 Word order and clause structure; 2.5 More on the SOV versus SVO asymmetry; 2.6. Conclusion; 3 The Syntax of Noun Phrases; 3.1 The Gungbe D-system and the split-D hypothesis; 3.2 The nominal inflectional domain; 3.3 DP licensing and snowballing movement; 3.4 Conclusion; Appendix: On the Gungbe 'Fake Postpositions'; 4 The Syntax of Pronouns.

4.1 Theoretical background4.2 The Gungbe personal pronouns; 4.3 Conclusion; 5 Tense, Aspect, and Mood: The Preverbal Markers; 5.1 Setting the stage; 5.2 The Gungbe IP-markers; 5.3 The Gungbe CP-markers: Conjunction ní and injunctive ní ; 5.4 Conclusion; 6 Object Shift and Verb Movement; 6.1 The OV order in imperfective and related constructions; 6.2 The internal structure of OV constructions; 6.3 The VO order and the non-imperfective clauses; 6.4 Conclusion; 7 Focus and Wh Constructions; 1. Focus; 2. Wh-questions in Gungbe; 3. Conclusion; 8 Argument Topics and Yes-No Questions.

8.1 Argument topics in Gungbe8.2 Yes-no …