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Tondi Songway Kiini (Songhay, Mali) : reference grammar and TSK-English-French dictionary

Title
Tondi Songway Kiini (Songhay, Mali) : reference grammar and TSK-English-French dictionary / Jeffrey Heath.
Author
Heath, Jeffrey.
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : CSLI Publications/Center for the Study of Language and Information, [2005], ©2005.

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Description
xviii, 440 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"The volume is self-contained, consisting of a reference grammar, sample texts, and a dictionary with French as well as English glosses. The presentation is clear and accessible, and the book could be a useful introduction to West African linguistics."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Stanford monographs in African languages
Uniform Title
Stanford monographs in African languages.
Subject
  • Tondi Songway Kiini dialect > Grammar
  • Tondi Songway Kiini dialect > Dictionaries > Polyglot
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. xviii).
Contents
Works on Songhay languages -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sketch of the grammar -- 3. Phonology -- 4. Nouns, pronouns, demonstratives, and adjectives -- 5. Noun phrases -- 6. Verbal voice and verb derivations -- 7. VP structure -- 8. Focalization, relativization, discourse functions -- 9. Syntax -- 10. Anaphora -- 11. Texts -- TSK - English - French dictionary.
ISBN
157586505X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005020100
OCLC
  • 214967515
  • ocn214967515
  • SCSB-5215208
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries