| Tutrugbu (Nyangbo) Language and Culture Contributor(s): Essegbey, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004396985 ISBN-13: 9789004396982 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $136.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Etymology |
| Series: Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages / Africa |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.90 lbs) 396 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first comprehensive description of Tutrugbu(Nyangbo-nyb), a Ghana Togo Mountain(gtm) language of the Kwa family. It is based on a documentary corpus of different genre of linguistic and cultural practices gathered during periods of immersion fieldwork. Tutrugbu speakers are almost all bilingual in Ewe, another Kwa language. The book presents innovative analyses of phenomena like Advanced Tongue Root and labial vowel harmony, noun classes, topological relational verbs, the two classes of adpositions, obligatory complement verbs, multi-verbs in a single clause, and information structure. This grammar is unparalleled in including a characterization of culturally defined activity types and their associated speech formulae and routine strategies. It should appeal to linguists interested in African languages, language documentation and typology. |