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adjectives
african languages
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Author_Jeffrey Heath
Category=CFK
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expression
focalization
grammatical research
linguistic analysis
linguistics
linguists
mali
noun phrases
phonology
pronouns
proto-language
reference grammar
relativization
syntax
tonal language
tone system
tones
tsk
valuable guide
verbs
vp structure
western africa
words
Product details
- ISBN 9781575865058
- Weight: 595g
- Dimensions: 15 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2005
- Publisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Only recently discovered by linguistic scholars, "Tondi Songway Kiini" (TSK) is a tonal language spoken in the small country of Mali in western AFrica. Unlike other Songhay languages, TSK preserves the lexical and grammatical tones of its proto-language and also exhibits unique systems for the expression of focalization and relativization. "Tondi Songway Kiini" is a valuable overview of the grammar of an African language with a tone system quite different from that of the more familiar Bantu system.
Jeffrey Heath is professor of linguistics at the University of Michigan.
