Transitivity in African Languages

ISBN 978-3-89645-726-4

Transitivity in African Languages

Edited by: Rose-Juliet Anyanwu. With an introduction by: Rose-Juliet Anyanwu. With contributions by: Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Denis Creissels, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, Djibril Dramé, Anne-Maria Fehn, Raimund Kastenholz, Lutz Marten, Maarten Mous, Tatiana Nikitina, Gertrud Schneider-Blum, John R. Watters, Georg Ziegelmeyer.

Series: FAB Frankfurt African Studies Bulletin Year 2014, Volume 26

2018
183 pp.
1 diagram, 7 tables, numerous charts
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 240 mm
370 g
Paperback
€ 39.80

CONTENTS

Preface

Rose-Juliet Anyanwu: Inherent complements and transitivity in five Benue-Congo languages

Denis Creissels / Djibril Dramé: Transitivity and incorporation in Soninke

Anne-Maria Fehn: Transitivity in Ts'ixa – With special reference to semantically ditransitive constructions

Raimund Kastenholz: Tonal contrast and transitivity in Pere (Adamawa) verbs

Lutz Marten / Maarten Mous: Non-valency-changing valency-changing derivations

Tatiana Nikitina: Transitivity in Wan – An overview of constructions and verb classes

Gerrit J. Dimmendaal / Gertrud Schneider-Blum: Transitivity in Tima

John R. Watters: The expression of valency changes in Ekoid-Mbe

Georg Ziegelmeyer: A note on transitivity in Gashua Bade


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