Tondi Songway Kiini – Reference Grammar and TSK– English–French Dictionary (Stanford Monographs in African Language) - Softcover

Heath, Jeffrey

 
9781575865058: Tondi Songway Kiini – Reference Grammar and TSK– English–French Dictionary (Stanford Monographs in African Language)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 157586505X ISBN 13: 9781575865058
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information, 2006

Synopsis

Only recently discovered by linguistic scholars, "Tondi Songway Kiini" (TSK) is a tonal language spoken in the small country of Mali in western AFrica. Unlike other Songhay languages, TSK preserves the lexical and grammatical tones of its proto-language and also exhibits unique systems for the expression of focalization and relativization. "Tondi Songway Kiini" is a valuable overview of the grammar of an African language with a tone system quite different from that of the more familiar Bantu system.

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About the Author

Jeffrey Heath is professor of linguistics at the University of Michigan.

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Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Information
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
157586505X
ISBN 13 
9781575865058
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
450