Languages and Peoples of Bornu
Languages and Peoples of Bornu

Author: P. A. Benton

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1968-06-07

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780714616261

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First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A Grammar of Makary Kotoko
A Grammar of Makary Kotoko

Author: Sean Allison

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-06-15

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9004422676

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In 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.

Loanwords in the World's Languages
Loanwords in the World's Languages

Author: Martin Haspelmath

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 1104

ISBN-13: 3110218437

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"This landmark publication in comparative linguistics is the first comprehensive work to address the general issue of what kinds of words tend to be borrowed from other languages. The authors have assembled a unique database of over 70,000 words from 40 languages from around the world, 18,000 of which are loanwords. This database allows the authors to make empirically founded generalizations about general tendencies of word exchange among languages." --Book Jacket.