24.1289, Books: A Grammar of Konso: Orkaydo

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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:52:53
From: Mariëtte Bonenkamp [lot at uu.nl]
Subject: A Grammar of Konso: Orkaydo

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Title: A Grammar of Konso 
Series Title: LOT dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/index3.html 

Author: Ongaye Oda Orkaydo

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460931093 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 24.45 Comment: only available through internet

Abstract:

This book presents a description of Konso, a Cushitic language spoken by about
250,000 speakers in South-West Ethiopia. It presents analyses of the
phonology, morphology and syntax of the language. Aspects of pragmatics
including greetings and leave-taking expressions, interjections and ideophones
as well as the link between naming of week days and how these relate to the
distribution of big markets in the Konso area are discussed. A sample of two
texts and a list of singular-plural pairs of nouns with their corresponding
gender values is included. The data underlying the analyses are based on the
author's native speaker intuition and fieldwork in Konso area where other
native speakers are consulted. Konso phonology is characterised by having a
full set of labial, alveolar, palatal and uvular implosives but no ejectives
which contrasts with what is observed in geographically and some genetically
related languages. The language has a rich morphology as evidenced in its
nominal and verbal inflection. The work accounts the intricate link between
gender and number marking in nominals, it explicates variation in number- and
person-marking in affirmative and negative verb paradigms and presents
analyses of nominal and verbal derivation. Various clause-linking strategies
and the way these relate to person marking of the subject are examined. Word
order in simple as well as complex clauses is discussed. A Grammar of Konso is
of interest to specialists in Cushitic and Afroasiatic languages for
historical-comparative purposes. It will be a valuable source for typological
comparison and for testing theoretical claims.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation

Subject Language(s): Konso (kxc)

Written In: English  (eng)

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