Tutrugbu (Nyangbo) Language and Culture (Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages: Africa) - Hardcover

James Essegbey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004396985 ISBN 13: 9789004396982

Publisher: BRILL, 2019

Synopsis

A comprehensive description of Tutrugbu (Nyangbo), a Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM) language. It examines phonological, morphosyntactic and pragmatic structures, comparing them to the neighboring Tafi and Avatime, and the dominant regional language, Ewe. It is for African language scholars, documentary linguists, and typologists.

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About the Author

James Essegbey, Ph.D. (1999), Leiden University, is an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures at the University of Florida. He is interested in descriptive, documentary and theoretical linguistics, especially in the domain of syntax, semantics and pragmatics; contact linguistics; language and culture; Kwa languages of West Africa, especially Gbe (i.e. Ewe, Gen, Aja and Fon), Akan, and Ghana-Togo Mountain languages; and creole studies. He has worked on the influence of the Gbe languages on the creoles of Suriname, and the description and documentation of Nyangbo. More recently, he has been working on the description and documentation of Dwang (a north Guang language), and Animere (another GTM language).

Edition details

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 9004396985
• ISBN 13: 9789004396982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 396