African languages from a Role and Reference Grammar perspective : Studies on the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface /

The volume is a collection of papers which apply Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) to African languages. RRG is a functional theory of syntax which has been developed on the basis of two leading questions: First, how would a syntactic theory look like which starts from 'exotic' languages ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Anderson, Ciara (Contributor), Egbokhare, Francis (Contributor), Fleischhauer, Jens, active 2013- (Contributor, Editor), Kihara, Claudius Patrick (Contributor, Editor), Riccio, Anna (Contributor), Schaefer, Ronald (Contributor), Sennen Agbo, Maduabuchi (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Düsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2023]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • African languages from a Role and Reference Grammar perspective: An introduction
  • A Functional Typology of Igbo Multi-verb Constructions
  • The syntax-semantics interface of serial verb constructions in Kwa languages
  • Postverbal Qualifiers and Constraints on Contrastive Focus
  • A Case for the Antipassive in Babungo
  • The Morphosyntax of the Gĩkũyũ Complex Reference Phrase
  • Argument doubling and right-dislocation
  • An RRG analysis of head-marking in isiZulu
  • Index
  • Language index