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"This is the first broad, detailed grammar of the Giziga language, which belongs to the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. The language is spoken in parts of the Far North Region of the Republic of Cameroon and can be divided into two dialects, Giziga and Northern Giziga, with about 80,000 native speakers in total. This volume describes the Giziga dialect, occasionally referring to the Northern variety, and aims to provide new information about this and other Afro-Asiatic languages for further research in linguistics, history, anthropology, sociology and related fields. The book will also be a tool helping Giziga speakers preserve their language, history and culture for future generations"--

Gisiga language --- Gisiga language --- Grammar. --- English.

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The first typological study of Afroasiatic languages. Afroasiatic languages are spoken by some 300 million people in Northern, Central and Eastern Africa and the Middle East. This book is the first typological study of these languages, which are comprised of around 375 living and extinct varieties. They are an important object of study because of their typological diversity in the areas of phonology (some have tone; others do not), morphology (some have extensive inflectional systems; others do not), position of the verb in the clause (some are verb-initial, some are verb-medial, and some are verb-final) and in the semantic functions they encode. This book documents this typological diversity and the typological similarities across the languages and includes information on endangered and little-known languages. Requiring no previous knowledge of the specific language families, it will be welcomed by linguists interested in linguistic theory, typology, historical linguistics and endangered languages, as well as scholars of Africa and the Middle East.

African languages --- Asian languages --- Afroasiatic languages. --- Langues chamito-sémitiques --- Langues chamito-sémitiques --- Language surveys. --- Language and languages --- Linguistic surveys --- Linguistic geography --- Surveys --- Afrasian languages --- Afro-Asiatic languages --- Erythraic languages --- Hamito-Semitic languages --- Semito-Hamitic languages

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This book proposes a framework for describing languages through the description of relationships among lexicon, morphology, syntax, and phonology. The framework is based on the notion of formal coding means; the principle of functional transparency; the notion of functional domains; and the notion of systems interaction in the coding of functional domains. The study is based on original analyses of cross-linguistic data.The fundamental finding of the study is that different languages may code different functional domains, which must be discovered by analyzing the formal means available in each language. The first part of the book proposes a methodology for discovering functional domains and the second part describes the properties of various functional domains.The book presents new cross-linguistic analyses of theoretical issues including agreement; phenomena attributed to government; nominal classification; prerequisites for and implications of linear order coding; and defining characteristics of lexical categories.The study also contributes new analyses of specific problems in individual languages.

Grammar --- Grammaire comparée et générale --- Grammaire générale --- Grammaire générale et comparée --- Grammaire philosophique --- Grammaire universelle --- Grammar [Comparative and general ] --- Linguistics [Structural ] --- Linguistique structurale --- Linguïstiek [Structurele ] --- Spraakkunst [Vergelijkende en algemene ] --- Structural linguistics --- Structurele linguïstiek --- Structurele taalwetenschap --- Systeemtheorie --- System theory --- Systèmes [Théorie des ] --- Taalwetenschap [Structurele ] --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Linguistics / General --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Philology & Linguistics --- Languages & Literatures --- Systems, Theory of --- Systems science --- Science --- Linguistics --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Philology --- Philosophy --- Grammar, Comparative --- Grammar, Comparative and general. --- Structural linguistics. --- System theory.

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A Grammar of Pévé is the first full description of the Pévé language, a member of the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Pévé is spoken in parts of the southwestern area of the Republic of Chad and the Northern province of the Republic of Cameroon. The grammar will add to information and analyses concerning Afro-Asiatic languages and will help Pévé speakers preserve their language, history, cultural activities, and intercultural relations. The goal of the volume is to document and preserve the language for the benefit of generations to come and to make characteristics of the language available for further research in linguistics, history, anthropology, sociology and related fields.

Cameroon --- Languages. --- Pévé language --- Grammar. --- Ka'do Pévé language --- Lamé language (Chadic) --- Zime language (Pévé) --- Chadic languages --- Pévé language

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Grammar, Comparative and general --- Functionalism (Linguistics) --- Typology (Linguistics) --- Linguistic models. --- Syntax.