A Grammar of Makary Kotoko
Series: - Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages, Volume: 12
- Africa, Volume: 12
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.
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Sean Allison, Ph.D. (2012), University of Colorado (Boulder), is Associate Professor of Linguistics and MA in Linguistics Program Director at Trinity Western University’s Canada Institute of Linguistics. Dr Allison is also involved in language development work with SIL Cameroon for the Kotoko languages.
Acknowledgments
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
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
Those interested in Chadic linguistics - specifically the Kotoko subgroup, languages of Cameroon, a typological/functional approach to language description and analysis following R.M.W. Dixon’s version of Basic Linguistic Theory