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- A Grammar of Contemporary Igbo: Constituents, Features and Processes
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: M & J Grand Orbit Communications
summary
In twenty-five chapters this book covers phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. The chapters are organized in four discrete parts: phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. They are uneven in terms of scope covered, length, the density of their contents and their degrees of difficulty. Each chapter ends with Some References relevant to both the topic(s) treated in the chapter, in Igbo linguistics, and in general linguistics.
Table of Contents
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- Title page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Dedication
- p. v
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- pp. xiv-xvi
- List of Tables
- p. xvii
- List of Figures
- p. xviii
- 2. THE SYLLABLE AND ITS PHONEMES
- pp. 48-71
- 3. PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- pp. 71-107
- 4. TONOLOGY
- pp. 108-147
- 5. MORPHOLOGY
- pp. 148-172
- 6. WORDHOOD AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- pp. 173-210
- 7. DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY
- pp. 211-233
- 8. EXTENSIONAL MORPHOLOGY
- pp. 234-261
- 9. CLITICS AND CLITICISATION
- pp. 262-279
- 10. NOMINALS AND NOMINALIZATION
- pp. 280-302
- 11. PRONOMINALIZATION
- pp. 303-320
- 12. ADPOSITION
- pp. 321-330
- 13. CONJUNCTION
- pp. 331-339
- 14. ADJECTIVIZATION
- pp. 341-362
- 15. ADVERBIALIZATION
- pp. 363-387
- 16. INTERROGATION
- pp. 389-404
- 17. RELATIVIZATION
- pp. 405-412
- 18. THE VERBAL SYSTEM
- pp. 413-443
- 19. VERB INFLECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY
- pp. 445-476
- 21. MOOD AND MODALITY
- pp. 509-530
- 22. SOME TYPES OF IGBO SENTENCES
- pp. 531-550
- 23. SEMANTICS
- pp. 551-572
- 24. LEXICAL AND COGNITIVE SEMANTICS
- pp. 573-603
- 25. MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES IN IGBO SEMANTICS
- pp. 603-631
- Subject Index
- pp. 633-638
Additional Information
ISBN
9789785421521
Related ISBN(s)
9789785412734
MARC Record
OCLC
952793085
Pages
682
Launched on MUSE
2016-07-03
Language
English
Open Access
No