A grammar of Toro Tegu (Dogon), Tabi Mountain dialect

Reference grammar of Toro Tegu, a Dogon language of Mali. Texts are in a separate document ("Toro Tegu texts").National Science Foundationhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/123064/4/A grammar of Toro Tegu downsized.pd

A grammar of Dogul Dom

Grammar of Dogul Dom, a Dogon language of Mali, with sample textsNational Science Foundationhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/123061/4/A grammar of Dogul Dom downsized.pdf-

Acquisition of Double-Nominative Constructions by Italian L1 Learners of Chinese A Cross-Sectional Corpus Study

This paper presents new results of an ongoing cross-sectional corpus study investigating the acquisition of Chinese word order by Italian L1 learners. Specifically, it focuses on the acquisition of “double-nominative constructions,” as well as the correct sequential organisation of topical and focal information in the Chinese sentence. The analysis is conducted on three learner corpora, created by the author on the basis of a test submitted to three groups of university (BA and MA)-level Italian L1 learners of Chinese, for a total of 132 learners. Quantitative and qualitative analysis conducted on the collected data show that while the double-subject construction may appear as a simple and straightforward pattern, it is in fact a rather difficult construction to acquire and spontaneously produce for Italian L1 learners. Rather, students tend to use patterns they are used to in their L1 (or other L2s, such as English). These include the [NP1 have NP2], [NP1 的 NP2], or [NP1 adjectival predicate] patterns, among other types, thus confirming the inhibitive L1 transfer hypotheses of this study

A grammar of Donno So or Kamma So

Reference grammar of Donno So (also known as Kamma So), a Dogon language of Mali, including sample texts.National Science Foundationhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/123062/4/A grammar of Donno So or Kamma So downsized.pdf-

The Cognitive Perspective of Yulin Yuan on Modern Chinese Grammar

This paper is mainly a review of Yulin Yuan’s book Cognition-Based Studies on Chinese Grammar which, as one of the book series of Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics, was published by Routledge in 2017. On the one hand, Yuan’s cognitive studies of and his Yuanian insight into Chinese grammar are of vital importance to those students and researchers who specialise or are interested in the Chinese language, especially modern Chinese grammar. On the other hand, his research may probably promote the development of cognitive linguistics on the whole with regard to linguistic typology

Distance and Visibility: Two Systems in Hausa Deixis

The current standard account of Hausa deixis claims that Hausa has a linear person-based system with the following four locative adverbs and their interpretations: nân 'here', nan 'there near you', cân 'there away from you and me', and can 'over there away from you and me'. This paper shows that in fact one may need two separate deictic systems for Hausa to account for all relevant data. The first system is based on distance with a primary proximal vs. distal contrast. The distance system however also embeds a person subsystem, with one adverb in particular referring to the hearer (second person) position. The second deictic system in Hausa is based on visibility, with a primary contrast between an area comfortably visible and an area visible only with some difficulties. Indeed, in the visibility system, five adverbs range the entire visible area in front of the speaker, from the foreground up to the extreme visible area at the horizon

ASPECTS OF BANGIME PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, AND MORPHOSYNTAX

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Indiana University, Linguistics, 2013This dissertation provides a description of aspects of the phonology, morphology, and morphosyntax of Bangime. Bangime is a language isolate spoken in the Dogon language speaking area of Central Eastern Mali. Although the Bangande, the speakers of Bangime, self-identify with the Dogon, their language bears practically no resemblance to the surrounding Dogon languages. Bangime has limited productive morphological processes whereas Dogon languages are agglutinating, with productive morphemes to indicate inflectional and derivational verbal and nominal processes. Bangime has a complex tonal system. General tendencies of the tonal patterns are described, with the many exceptions which frequently occur also outlined. Nominal tonal melodies are apparent in plural forms. Objects in verb phrases receive tonal agreement with tones on the verb in accordance with the subject of the sentence. The tense, aspect, and mood system of the language is also complicated. Inflectional marking on the verb, auxiliaries, and the word order of the sentence all contribute to the indication of the tense, aspect or mood of the sentence. An overview of these multifaceted phonological and morphological processes is provided in this dissertation with hypotheses as to how the language may have evolved

A grammar of Bunoge (Dogon, Mali)

grammar of Bunoge, a western Dogon languagehttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/139023/1/Heath_Bunoge_grammar_2017_LDH reduced.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/139023/2/Heath Bunoge Grammar LDH 2017.docxDescription of Heath_Bunoge_grammar_2017_LDH reduced.pdf : book in pdf formDescription of Heath Bunoge Grammar LDH 2017.docx : original .docx fil