Relative Clauses in Cameroonian Languages: Structure, Function and Semantics

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2017

Relative Clauses in Cameroonian Languages

Structure, Function and Semantics

Edited by: Gratien Gualbert Atindogbé and Rebecca Grollemund

Volume 58 in the series Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110469547

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About this book

This volume is a series of nine (9) contributions to our understanding of relativization strategies in eleven (11) languages of Cameroon spread into the seven (7) sub-branches of the Niger-Congo phylum: Ekoid, Mambiloid, Mamfe, Mbam, Narrow Bantu, Wide Grassfields, Yemne-Kimbi. As a productive strategy in the world’s languages, and considering the evidence that the African language are either under-described, poorly described or not described at all, investigations into the forms, structures and functions of relative clauses and relativization start filling the gap of the absence of analytical descriptive works on the topic. The papers dwelt on the construction of relative clauses, their structure and constraints, their morphosyntactic properties, how they are used to give prominence to topics or participants that are thematic in a given discourse, and to mark the boundaries of units of text, and the formal characteristics of restrictive relative clause constructions. The findings generated so far constitute an endless tank for many fields of hyphenated linguistics including general linguistics, cognitive linguist, applied psycholinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive psychology, linguistics and pragmatics.

Author / Editor information

Gratien G. Atindogbé, University of Buea, Cameroon; Rebecca Grollemund, University of Missouri, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Gratien G. Atindogbé and Rebecca Grollemund Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
1. Kaleidoscopic variations on grammatical themes: Relative clauses in Bantoid languages of Cameroon Jeff Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Accessibility and demonstrative operators in Basaá relative clauses Peter Jenks, Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso and Larry M. Hyman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3. The augment as a construct form marker in Eton relative clause constructions Mark Van de Velde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. Relative clauses and relativization processes in Nugunu Théophile Ambadiang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
5. Kenyang relative clauses Florence A. E. Tabe and Gratien G. Atindogbé Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6. Relative clause in (Western) Ejagham John R. Watters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
7. A prolegomenon to the syntax of the relative clause in the Eastern Grassfields Bantu borderland Pius N. Tamanji and Blasius Achiri-Taboh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
8. Relative clause constructions in two Yemne-Kimbi languages Jesse Lovegren and Rebecca Voll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
9. Relative clauses in Vute grammar and discourse Rhonda Thwing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
10. Relative clauses in Wawa Marieke Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
11. Conclusion Denis Creissels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: African Linguistics, Typologists, Students in Linguistics, Librarians
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 287
Keywords: Relative Clause; Relativisation; Resumptive Pronouns; Head Marking

eBook

Published: September 11, 2017
ISBN: 9783110469547

Hardcover

Published: September 11, 2017
ISBN: 9783110467611