Language Maintenance in Melanesia: Sociolinguistics and Social Networks in New Caledonia (SUMMER INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON PUBLICATIONS IN LINGUISTICS)

Politics & Social Sciences

Schooling, Stephen J.

Social Sciences

Summer Inst of Linguistics

The author, Samson Negbo Abangma, is a native speaker of the Dényá language of Cameroon. This study shows how discourse structure seems to influence the use of verb forms. Looks at modes in narrative, procedural, expository, and hortatory discourse. Includes five texts in English and Anyang. This book is based on the author's doctoral thesis --University of Yaounde , 1981. Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviations and SymbolsMapChaptersPreliminary Considerations1.1 The Dényá Language and People1.2 The Present StudyThe Modes2.1 The Structure of the Verb2.2 The Modes2.3 SummaryModes in Narrative Discourse3.1 The Internal Structure of a Narrative Text3.2 The Use of the Modes in Narrative Discourse3.3 SummaryModes in Procedural Discourse4.1 The Internal Structure of a Procedural Text4.2 The Use of Modes in Procedural Discourse4.3 SummaryModes in Expository Discourse5.1 The Internal Structure of an Expository Text5.2 The Use of Modes in Expository Discourse5.3 SummaryModes in Hortatory Discourse6.1 The Internal Structure of a Hortatory Text6.2 The Use of Modes in Hortatory Discourse6.3 Hierarchy of the InjunctionsConclusionAppendix A: Phonology, Noun Classes, Order TypologyAppendix B: TextsBibliography

Modes in Denya Discourse (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 79) (English and Niger Kordofanian Languages Edition)

Abangma, Samson Negbo

A sampling of some of the diverse studies recently carried out by investigators with varying divergent yet partially overlapping interests in the Spanish language.Recent trends in Hispanic linguistics African influence on Hispanic dialects The Spanish teacher as dialectologistNoun gender categories in Spanish and French

Current Trends and Issues in Hispanic Linguistics (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 80)

Dialect Intelligibility Testing

Casad, E.

Studies in Uto Aztecan Grammar (003) (English, Nahuatl and Central American Indian Languages Edition)

Reference

Langacker

Language Study & Reference

This book has two parts. Part one presents a grammatical sketch of the Hixkaryana language--which is a member of the Carib language family and is spoken in northern Brazil--and the other part suggests the place Hixkaryana has in syntactic typology.

Hixkaryana and Linguistic Typology (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 76)

Derbyshire, Desmond C.

Grammatical Analysis

Pike, K. L.

Pike, Evelyn G.

Words, Language & Grammar

<p>Presents studies of these Colombian languages: Coreguaje, Epena Pedee, Páez, Piapoco, Guahibo and Guayabero.</p>

From Phonology to Discourse: Studies in Six Colombian Languages (Language Data. Amerindian Series, No 9)

Ruth M. Brend

Tense/Aspect and the Development of Auxiliaries in Kru Languages (SUMMER INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON PUBLICATIONS IN LINGUISTICS)

Marchese, Lynell

Lealao Chinantec Syntax (STUDIES IN CHINANTEC LANGUAGES) (English and Central American Indian Languages Edition)

Rupp, James E.

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