Current Progress in Chadic Linguistics

Name: Current Progress in Chadic Linguistics | Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chadic Linguistics, Boulder, Colorado, 1-2 May 1987
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Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chadic Linguistics, Boulder, Colorado, 1-2 May 1987

Zygmunt Frajzyngier(Editor)

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CURRENT PROGRESS IN CHADIC LINGUISTICS
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
1. Position of Chadic languages
2. Current research in Chadic linguistics
3. Organization of the volume
4. Content of the volume
5. Acknowledgments
REFERENCES
6. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
VARIATIONIN FOCUS CONSTRUCTIONS
1. Introduction.
2. FOCUS Constructions in Chadic.
3. Constituent Structure and FOCUS Constructions
4. I as a FOCUS-Assigner
5. Variation
6. Summary and Conclusion.
NOTES
REFERENCES
CASE ASSIGNMENT IN HAUSA, KANAKURU, AND NGIZIM
1. Introduction
2. Case Theory
3. Case Assignment and Government
4. Hausa
4.1. Neutral Word Order.
4.1.2. Pronoun Form in Non-Neutral Word Order.
4.2. Kanakuru
4.2.1. Pronoun Forms in Neutral Word Order.
4.2.2. Pronoun Forms in Non-Neutral Word Order.
4.3. Ngizim
4.3.1. Pronoun Forms in Neutral Word Order
4.3.2. Pronoun Forms in Non-Neutral Word Order.
5. Summary of the Data
6. West Chadic and Case Theory
6.1. Thematic Role and Structural Case
6.2. Case Assignment in West Chadic
7. Conclusion
NOTES
REFERENCES
WORD ORDERS IN GUDE AND THE VSO PARAMETER
0. Introduction
1.0. The Data from Gude
1.1. Declarative Sentences
1.2. WH-constructions
1.3. Neutral Tense
1.4. Negative Sentences
1.5. Problems
2.0. VSO Analyses
2.1. Sproat's Analysis
2.1.1. Discussion
2.1.2. A Case Conflict Situation
2.1.3. A Prediction
2.1.4. Directionality of Case Assignment
2.2. Koopman's Analysis
2.2.1. The Basic Position of INFL
3.0. Analysis of Gude
3.1. Theoretical Assumptions
3.2. VSO Order
3.3. SVO Orders
3.3.1. Negative Constructions
3.3.2. Neutral Tense
3.3.3. WH-constructions
3.3.3.1. Reanalysis
4. Summary and Conclusion
NOTES
REFERENCES
COMPLEMENTIZERS IN HAUSA
1. Introduction.
2. The Matrix Clause.
3. Complementation Types.
4. Complementizers.
6. Some Conclusions and Prospects.
NOTES
REFERENCES
AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL OF WORD ORDER IN PROTO-CHADIC
REFERENCES
A NEW LOOK AT THE NP+NÀÀ+NP CONSTRUCTIONS
1. Introduction.
2. Morpheme nàà as a Preposition.
2.1. Problems of Analysing nàà as a Preposition
3. Morpheme nàà as a Verb.
3.1. Problems of Analysing nàà as a Verb.
4. Morpheme nàà as a Tense/Aspect Marker.
4.1. NP+Nàà+NP as a Verbal Sentence.
4.2. The Underlying Verb in NP+nàà+NP Sentence
5. Conclusion.
NOTES
REFERENCES
THE VERBAL SYSTEM OF ADER HAUSA
0. Introduction.
1. Conjugation Series.
1.0. Introduction.
1.1. Homogeneous WH Seríes
1.1.1. Negative Perfective.
1.1.2. Relative Imperfective.
1.1.3. Relative Perfective.
1.1.4. Aorist (sometimes called subjunctive).
1.2. Conjugation Seríes with Only Slight Differences
1.2.1. Perfective.
1.2.2. Aorist Negative Forms.
1.3. Seríes Showing Important Variations.
1.3.1. Imperfective.
1.3.2. Negative Imperfective.
1.3.3. Future.
1.3.4. Potential (also called indefinite future or predictive).
1.3.5. Comments.
2. Verb Classes.
2.0. Introduction
2.1. Grade 2.
2.2. Grade 4.
2.3. Grade 4'.
2.5. Grade 5.
2.6. Grade 5'.
3. Conclusion.
NOTES
REFERENCES
GENDERAND NUMBER IN MIYA
NOTES
REFERENCES
ORIGINE DE L'EXTENSION VERBALE (?)R(?) INSTRUMENTAL ET CONNECTEUR, EN OULDEME. SYNCHRONIE DYNAMIQUE ET DIACHRONIE
1. -(?)r(?), Isolé dans la Famille Tchadique.
2. Identification du (?)r(?) ouldémé.
3. Valeur de (?)r(?)
4. L'origine du (?)r(?) Ouldémé et l'Évolution du Système Verbal Tchadique.
5. Conclusion.
NOTE
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
INTONATION IN CHADIC: AN OVERVIEW
1. Introduction.
2. Assumptions.
3. Question Intonation in Chadic.
4. External Sandhi.
5. Consistency of Patterns across Different Styles of Speech.
6. Intonation as a Marker of Morphological Boundaries: A Perceptual Test.
7. Conclusions.
NOTES
REFERENCES
HAUSA AND THE PROTHETIC ALEF
Conclusion.
REFERENCES (With Abbreviations USED)
DOUBLE EPENTHESIS AND N-CLASS IN CHADIC
1. Background, purpose, and scope of the paper
2. Hypotheses
3. Evidence
3.1. Angas group
3.3. Gwandara
3.3. Internal evidence in Hausa
3.4. Other Chadic languages
4. Where did the nasal prefix come from?
5. Epenthesis of /h/ vs. epenthesis of /?/
6. Historical implications
NOTES
REFERENCES
IS HAUSA AN EARLY OR LATE STAGE CHADIC LANGUAGE?
1. Historic Phonology.
2. Retained Versus Innovative Vocabulary.
3. The Verbal System.
4. Conclusion.
NOTES
REFERENCES
VERBAL CONJUGATION IN PROTO-CHADIC
1. Some Methodological Principles.
2. Archaic Languages.
3. Archaic Chadic Languages.
4. The Prefix Conjugations in Semitohamitic (Afro-Asiatic).
5. The Indirect Conjugation of Cushitic.
6. The Case of Migama.
7. The Case of Mokulu, East Dangaleat, and Bidiya.
8. Further Evidence from Chadic.
9. Chado-Cushitic--A New Semitohamitic Branch?
REFERENCE
ON SEMANTICS OF ARABIC LOAN WORDS IN HAUSA
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX OF TOPICS
INDEX OF LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS
INDEX OF NAME (Excluding self-citation)

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