32.730, Books: A grammar of Nchane: Boutwell

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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:16:50
From: Janacy van Duijn Genet [lot at uva.nl]
Subject: A grammar of Nchane: Boutwell

 


Title: A grammar of Nchane 
Subtitle: A Bantoid (Beboid) language of Cameroon 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/a-grammar-of-nchane-a-bantoid-beboid-language-of-cameroon 


Author: Richard Boutwell

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460933578 Pages: 417 Price: Europe EURO 40


Abstract:

A grammar of Nchane is the first comprehensive account of this Beboid language
spoken primarily in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. A functional approach is
used to describe various aspects of the grammar, including the phonology,
nouns and noun phrases, verbs, and different clause types. The analyses are
formed utilizing data from a 1,600 word lexicon, elicited materials, and
numerous texts, one of which is provided in the final chapter in
interlinearized form.

Features of particular interest include the presence of a fricative vowel, a
tone system comprising three level tones and four contour tones, a robust noun
class system including two locative noun classes, compound pronouns, and a set
of anaphoric demonstratives which encode speaker attitude. The chapter on
clause structure offers evidence illustrating the importance of semantic roles
and information structure to constituent alignment. Another important chapter
details the information structure of the language, most notably describing
various strategies for topic and focus marking.

This volume makes a significant contribution to the relatively small body of
literature describing the Beboid languages and provides unique data that
comparativists will find invaluable. Resarchers with an interest in Bantoid
languages will especially find this work a useful resource, as well as African
linguistic typologists.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation

Language Family(ies): Beboid


Written In: English  (eng)

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