Paradigmatic Grammar of Gikuyu

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.

שנה

1997

שפה

English

הוצאה

Center for the Study of Language and Inf

מהדורות

3

עמודים

180

ISBN

9781575860763

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata