Class marking in emai: retention, reduction, and transformation of inflectional resources
Auteur :
Schaefer, Ronald P. / Egbokhare, Francis O.
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781498542722
Date de publication :
11 nov. 2019
Dimensions :
23,2 x 15,8 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
594 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book assesses the retention, reduction, and transformation of inflectional nominal morphology in the Edoid language Emai. Putting Emai and its noun class system into a broader cultural and archaeological context of historical language change, the authors explore what it means to be a Benue Congo language with a reduced inflectional system