Paradigmatic Grammar of Gikuyu
John Mugane · 1997
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This monograph grew out of a project funded by the Berkeley-Stanford Joint Centers vocabularies project. It covers a wide range of linguistic aspects of the Gikuyu language, most of which is not available in existing grammars of the language. Aspects covered include: consonantal mutations, syllabification, the gender class system, types of nominalizations, the noun phrase, the verb phrase, possess or ascension, the tense aspect paradigms. Additionally, the monograph includes a short lexicon of cultural terminology relating to aspects of Gikuyu life such as the rites of passage, garments and ornaments, foods, the environment.
Book details
- Year
- 1997
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 180
- ISBN
- 9781575860763
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