The Syntax of Chichewa (Cambridge Syntax Guides) - Hardcover

Mchombo, Sam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521573785 ISBN 13: 9780521573788

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This comprehensive book provides a detailed description of the major syntactic structures of Chichewa. Assuming no prior knowledge of current theory, it covers topics such as relative clause and question formation, interactions between tone and syntactic structure, aspects of clause structure such as complementation, and phonetics and phonology. It also provides a detailed account of argument structure, in which the role of verbal suffixation is examined. Sam Mchombo's description is supplemented by observations about how the study of African languages, specifically Bantu languages, has contributed to progress in grammatical theory, including the debates that have raged within linguistic theory about the relationship between syntax and the lexicon, and the contributions of African linguistic structure to the evaluation of competing grammatical theories. Clearly organised and accessible, The Syntax of Chichewa will be an invaluable resource for students interested in linguistic theory and how it can be applied to a specific language.

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About the Author

Sam Mchombo is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521573785
• ISBN 13: 9780521573788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 166