18.1909, Qs: Quotative Complementiser in Niger-Congo & Hausa

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Subject: 18.1909, Qs: Quotative Complementiser in Niger-Congo & Hausa

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Date: 23-Jun-2007
From: Joseph T. Farquharson < jtfarquharson at gmail.com >
Subject: Quotative Complementiser in Niger-Congo & Hausa

 

	
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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:09:05
From: Joseph T. Farquharson < jtfarquharson at gmail.com >
Subject: Quotative Complementiser in Niger-Congo & Hausa 
 


Hi everyone:

I am doing research on one of the quotative complementisers in Jamaican
Creole, and possible Niger-Congo or Hausa influences on its origin and
functions.

I am searching for native speakers of, or experts working on any of the
following languages to fill out a short questionnaire:

Akan, Efik(-Ibibio), Duala, Ga, Guang, Hausa, Ijo, Kikongo, Kimbundu,
Mandinka, Mende, Ngombe, Temne, Wolof.

The questionnaire comprises only 9 questions in all for which consultants
are asked to provide translational equivalents with inter-linear glosses.

If you would like to volunteer to participate, please contact me at
jtfarquharson at gmail.com or farquharson at eva.mpg.de

Thanks in advance.


Joseph T. Farquharson
Doctoral fellow
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology\Leipzig, Germany 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Syntax





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