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Book SynopsisIn A Grammar of Makary Kotoko, Sean Allison provides a thorough description and analysis of Makary Kotoko - a Central Chadic language of Cameroon, framing the discussion within R.M.W. Dixon’s (2010a, 2010b, 2012) Basic Linguistic Theory. Working with an extensive corpus of recorded texts supplemented by interactions with native speakers of the language, the author provides the first full grammar of a Kotoko language. The detailed analysis of the phonology, morphology, syntax, and discourse features of Makary Kotoko is from a functional/typological perspective. Being based on a large number of oral texts, the analysis provides an example-rich description showing the range of variation of the constructions presented while giving insights into Kotoko culture.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Phonology 3 Allomorphy 4 Word Classes and Grammatical Markers 5 Nominal Morphology 6 Noun Phrase 7 Numerals and Non-numeral Quantifiers 8 Asymmetric Coordination 9 Concrete and Abstract Thing 10 Adverbs and Ideophones 11 Prepositions and Locative Specifiers 12 Local Adverbial Demonstratives 13 Aspectual/Modal Coding 14 Verbal Morphology 15 Non-human/Locative Pronoun lə 16 Locative Particles 17 Verb Argument Structure 18 Reflexive and Reciprocal Markers 19 Arguments of the Verb Phrase 20 Comparison 21 Non-verbal Predication 22 Negation 23 Interrogatives 24 Imperatives and Commands 25 Resumptive Pronouns 26 Information Structure Topic, Switch Topic, Focus, Contrastive Focus 27 Relative Clauses 28 Complement Clauses 29 Combining Clauses Appendix A: Interlinearized Texts Appendix B: Makary Kotoko—English Lexicon Appendix C: Pronominal Forms References Index
