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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521175046
ISBN-139780521175043
eBay Product ID (ePID)92336876
Product Key Features
Number of Pages146 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGrammar of Diola-Fogny : a Language Spoken in the Basse-Casamance Region of Senegal
SubjectAfrican Languages (See Also Swahili), General
Publication Year2011
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorJ. David Sapir
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal496.3
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; 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.
SynopsisThe Diola people live on each side and near the mouth of the Casamance Tiver in the region of Senegal (West Africa) known as the Basse-Casamance. Dr Sapir's 1969 monograph presents a descriptive study of their most important dialect, covering morphology, phonology and basic syntax., 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.
LC Classification NumberPL8134
