14.2863, Books: Lang Desc: Mono, Kamanda-Kola/Mbalanhu, Fourie

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-2863. Tue Oct 21 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 14.2863, Books: Lang Desc: Mono, Kamanda-Kola/Mbalanhu, Fourie

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1)
Date:  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:42:51 +0000
From:  lincom.europa at t-online.de
Subject:  Phonologie et morpho-syntaxe du mono: Kamanda-Kola

2)
Date:  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:42:53 +0000
From:  lincom.europa at t-online.de
Subject:  Mbalanhu: Fourie

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:42:51 +0000
From:  lincom.europa at t-online.de
Subject:  Phonologie et morpho-syntaxe du mono: Kamanda-Kola

Title: Phonologie et morpho-syntaxe du mono
Subtitle: Langue oubanguienne du Congo R.D.
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in African Linguistics 60

Publication Year: 2003

Publisher: Lincom GmbH
           www.lincom-europa.com, http://lincom.at	

Author: Roger  Kamanda-Kola, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale

Paperback: ISBN: 3895867624, Pages: 630, Price: 74
Comment: invoices in USD and GBP available

Abstract:

L'ouvrage décrit le fonctionnement des systèmes phonologique et
morpho-syntaxique du mono, l'un des nombreux parlers du Nord-Ouest du
Congo (R.D.) qui font partie du groupe linguistique banda. La
description est menée dans la perspective structuraliste et s'inspire
des travaux de Claire Grégoire et de ceux de D. Creissels; plus
particulièrement de D. Creissels en ce qui concerne la syntaxe.  La
phonologie est entendue au sens générativiste du terme. Elle inclut
deux niveaux de description traditionnellement considérés comme deux
composantes grammaticales autonomes : l'étude de la pertinence des
éléments phoniques et l'étude des alternances entre phonèmes ou
tonèmes. La morpho-syntaxe est abordée selon la démarche qui consiste,
dans un premier temps, à délimiter et identifier les mots ou les
catégories grammaticales à partir de phrases syntaxiquement achevées
et préalablement définies. La structure morphologique des unités
délimitées et identifiées est décrite dans un deuxième temps. Deux
catégories grammaticales majeures sont distinguées : le nom et le
verbe. La notion grammaticale de nom provient de l'existence d'unités,
les noms propres de personnes, qui préalablement à toute structuration
linguistique, réfèrent à des individus. La notion de verbe découle,
elle, de la conception morpho-syntaxique de prédicat.  Deux annexes
terminent l'étude. La première présente un texte qui permet de
vérifier les règles formulées. La seconde est constituée d'un
lexique. (Also see the LINCOM webshop: lincom:at)

Lingfield(s):  Language Description

Subject Language(s):  Mono (Language Code: MNH)

Written In: French (Language Code: French)

     See this book announcement on our website:
     http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=7713.

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Date:  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:42:53 +0000
From:  lincom.europa at t-online.de
Subject:  Mbalanhu: Fourie

Title: Mbalanhu
Series Title: Languages of the World/Materials 03

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
           www.lincom-europa.com, http://lincom.at		

Author: David  Fourie				

Paperback: ISBN: 3929075067, Pages: 46, Price: EUR 29.20
Comment: invoices in USD and GBP available

Abstract:

Mbalanhu is a Wambo dialect, assigned to Guthrie's R.20, and spoken by
approximately 50320 people in Central Northern Namibia. Apart from a
limited number of articles by the same author, no linguistic data on
the structure of Mbalanhu is available.

The sketch commences with a section on phonology. This is followed by
a description of noun classes and nominal suffixes in the next section
which also contains a treatise of the derivation and structure of
several concords (e.g subject, object, possessive), and nominal
qualifiers. The third section focuses on verbal conjugation in the
dialect, while the final section deals with syntax. The formal
grammatical description is a Mbalanhu narrative text accompanied by an
interlinear transcription and English translation. This compact sketch
incorporates several tables with data, and an abundance of
examples. It should form a welcome addition to linguistic material on
the R.20 languages/dialects, which, due to a situation of prolonged
military conflict in Southern Angola and Northern Namibia, have been
inadequately studied to date.  2nd printing. (also see the LINCOM
webshop: lincom.at).

Lingfield(s):  Language Description

Subject Language(s): Mbalanhu (Language Code: LMB)

Written In:  English (Language Code: ENG)

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