21.1317, Books: Syntax: Aboh, Essegbey (Eds)

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Date: 16-Mar-2010
From: Jasper de Vaal < jasper.devaal at springer.com >
Subject: Topics in Kwa Syntax: Aboh, Essegbey (Eds)

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:19:10
From: Jasper de Vaal [jasper.devaal at springer.com]
Subject: Topics in Kwa Syntax: Aboh, Essegbey (Eds)

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Title: Topics in Kwa Syntax 
Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory  

Publication Year: 2010 
Publisher: Springer
	   http://www.springer.com

Book URL: http://www.springer.com/education/linguistics/book/978-90-481-3188-4 

Editor: Enoch Oladé Aboh
Editor: James Essegbey

Electronic: ISBN:  9789048131891 Pages: 256 Price: U.S. $ 139
Electronic: ISBN:  9789048131891 Pages: 256 Price: Europe EURO 99.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9789048131884 Pages: 256 Price: Europe EURO 99.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9789048131884 Pages: 256 Price: U.S. $ 139

Abstract:

?	The first book to treat a range of topics in the syntax of Kwa 
?	Written by experts who are mostly native speakers 
?	Presents a wealth of empirical data and demonstrates their theoretical
relevance to comparative linguistics and comparative syntax 

Edited by two leading experts on the languages of West Africa, this volume
is the very first book to handle a range of topics in the syntax of Kwa, a
branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken by approximately 20
million people in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin and in the extreme
southwestern corner of Nigeria. Kwa includes a total of 45 related
languages. The nine chapters each address a separate grammatical aspect of
Kwa. These range from topics such as the verb phrase, argument structure,
verb serialization and complex predicates, to discussions on tense, mood,
and aspect and their relation to the structure of sentences. Also addressed
are the structure of the noun phrase and the syntax of discourse particles.

The studies in this volume demonstrate that Kwa languages offer a very rich
empirical domain for linguistic theorizing. In this book, experts who are
mostly native speakers present empirical data and show its theoretical
relevance to comparative linguistics and comparative syntax. The book
brings together a wealth of material and fresh insights and is a superb
example of how empirical research feeds into typological and theoretical
linguistics. As such, it is a gold mine to students and teachers of
comparative syntax, as well as for anyone interested in studies on Niger
Congo languages. 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): Kwa (kwb)

Language Family(ies): Kwa

Written In: English  (eng)

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