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A Grammar of Hdi (Hardcover)
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A Grammar of Hdi (Hardcover)
Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]
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Hdi is a hitherto undescribed language spoken in northern Cameroon.
The language belongs to the Central Branch of Chadic. The aim of
the book is to provide a fairly complete description of the grammar
of this language. Consequently, the grammar describes the
phonology, morphology and syntax of Hdi and the semantic and
discourse functions coded in this language. Most clauses in Hdi are
verb-initial, with the subject directly following the verb. The
object is often marked by a preposition. What makes Hdi unusual is
that the object-marking preposition is unique and does not function
elsewhere as a locative preposition. Another interesting feature of
Hdi is that there are two types of clauses, pragmatically
independent and pragmatically dependent, and that the difference
between these is coded by different tense and aspectual systems. In
addition, there are two clausal orders for complex sentences: The
order embedded clause-matrix clause codes one type of modality,
while the order matrix clause-embedded clause codes another. The
language also has a rich system of verbal extensions coding the
semantic roles of arguments and adjuncts and the direction of
movement. The grammar is of interest not only to linguists working
in African, Chadic and Afroasiatic linguistics, but also to general
linguists, since it describes phenomena rarely seen in other
languages of the world. The grammar is described in terms
accessible to linguists working within various theoretical
frameworks.
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