2018
322 pp.
3 maps, 2 genealogical tree models, 8 graphics, 1 comic strip, numerous tables and charts
Text language: English
CONTENTS
Raija Kramer / Roland Kießling:
Introduction – Current Approaches to Adamawa and Gur Languages
Klaus Beyer:
Coding the presentational function in Pana (Gur) – How pragmatics explains variation
Raymond Boyd:
Monosemy and polysemy in description and reconstruction
Pascal Boyeldieu / Raimund Kastenholz / Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer / Florian Lionnet:
The Bua Group languages (Chad, Adamawa 13) – A comparative perspective
Klaudia Dombrowsky-Hahn:
Relative clauses in Syer (Western Karaboro, Senufo, Gur)
Dmitry Idiatov / Mark Van de Velde:
The tone system of Bena-Yungur
Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer:
The northern fringe of the Jos Plateau, a prehistorical contact zone of Benue-Plateau and Adamawa-Gur languages – The evidence of the cultural vocabulary
Raija Kramer:
The clause-final marker ɓɐ in Fali (Adamawa) – Between Polarity and Orientation
Gudrun Miehe:
Imperatives in Gur languages – Evidence from Cerma, Kãasa and Jãane
Holger Tröbs:
Some notes on the TAM system of Jeli
Kerstin Winkelmann:
The basic structure of tense and aspect systems in Gur languages