32.3170, Books: A Grammar of Tagdal: a Northern Songhay language: Benítez-Torres

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Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:29:12
From: Janacy van Duijn Genet [lot at uva.nl]
Subject: A Grammar of Tagdal: a Northern Songhay language: Benítez-Torres

 


Title: A Grammar of Tagdal: a Northern Songhay language 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/a-grammar-of-tagdal-a-northern-songhay-language 


Author: Carlos M. Benítez-Torres

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460933936 Pages: 608 Price: Europe EURO 33


Abstract:

This book comprises a general synchronic description of Tagdal a
Songhay-Berber mixed language spoken in the southeastern and central regions
of the modern-day Republic of Niger. It begins with a summary of the historic
and general sociolinguistic situation in Niger and how it affects speakers of
Tagdal, followed by a description of the sound system, beginning with the
consonant and vowel inventories, as well as some phonological processes shared
by all varieties of Tagdal. One theme of historical significance is that the
tonal system of the ancient mainstream Songhay language of northern Niger has
been replaced with the stress system which exists today in Tagdal. The largest
sections include a description of the grammar, starting with the morphology.
The intricate interactions between stress placement, vowel and consonant
length, and certain aspects of the morphology are described in detail. Special
attention is given to the idea that Tagdal contains two prosodic sub-systems,
one for vocabulary of Songhay origin and another for vocabulary of
Berber-Tuareg origin. This leads to processes such as suppletion of Songhay
cognates, with suppletive stems of Tuareg origin. The syntax of Tagdal is also
described, including descriptions of how clauses are combined to form both
simple and complex sentences. Attention is also paid to how Tagdal combines
sentences into higher-level units such as paragraphs, sections and discourses.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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