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Date: 13-Nov-2006
From: Ulrich Lueders < lincom.europa at t-online.de >
Subject: Aspects of the Grammar of Kukú: Cohen 

	
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:52:34
From: Ulrich Lueders < lincom.europa at t-online.de >
Subject: Aspects of the Grammar of Kukú: Cohen 
 



Title: Aspects of the Grammar of Kukú 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in African Linguistics 25  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom.eu
	
Author: Kevin Bretonnel Cohen

Paperback: ISBN: 3895862762 Pages: 220 Price: Europe EURO 62.00


Abstract:

Aspects of the Grammar of Kukú

Kevin Bretonnel Cohen
Ohio State University

Kukú is a previously undescribed southeastern Nilotic language of the  Bari
family. It is spoken in southern Sudan and northern Uganda. Kukú  has a
wide variety of verbal affixes. These affixes are involved in a  number of
vowel harmony and tone assignment patterns. In this grammar  sketch,
particular attention is paid to the qualitative morpheme, which  functions
quite differently in Kukú than in other Nilotic languages.  In Kukú its
distribution, both with respect to the verbs on which it  can appear and
the aspects in which it must appear, is related to a  contrast between
telicity and atelicity. If the performance of the verb  has a potential
end-point, and if the aspect is completive, then these  conditions are
marked by the presence of the qualitative morpheme. 
The  syntax section focuses on problems in the distribution of the 
complementizers and in the use of two copula-like elements, one of which 
is clearly verbal and the other of which is a particle. The  phonological
section of this description is based on traditional  elicitation from a
consultant. The morphological and syntactic sections  also draw heavily
from texts of various types, ranging from traditional  songs to electronic
mail. 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Description

Subject Language(s): Bari (bfa)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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