Grammar of Pévé

Erin Shay is Assistant Professor Adjunct at the University of Colorado, where she earned her Ph.D. in 1999. She is the author/co-author of grammars of four Chadic languages and many books and papers concerning linguistic forms and functions.

• AcknowledgmentsList of TablesAbbreviations1 The Pévé Language1 Introduction2 Classification and Nomenclature3 Existing Works on the Pévé Language4 Nature and Sources of the Data5 Notes on the Transcription6 Outline of the Grammar3 Conclusion2 Phonology1 Introduction2 Consonants3 Vowels4 Phonotactics5 Tone6 Conclusion3 Parsing Morphology1 Introduction2 Existing Approaches3 Distribution of Phrase-Final Forms4 Function of Final Vowel Addition5 Conclusion4 Verbs1 Introduction2 Phonological Structure of the Verb3 Morphology4 Derivation5 Singular vs. Plural Verbs6 Conclusion5 Nouns and the Noun Phrase1 Introduction2 Phonological Structure of the Noun3 Number4 Noun Phrase5 Prenominal Modifiers6 Post-nominal Modifiers7 Conjoined Noun Phrase8 Proper Names9 Derived Nouns10 Conclusion6 Coding Grammatical Relations1 Introduction2 Subject3 Direct Object Function4 Indirect Object5 Summary of the Coding of Grammatical Roles6 Conclusion7 Coding Semantic Relations1 Introduction2 Semantic Role of the Subject3 Semantic Role of the Direct Object4 Semantic Role of the Indirect Object5 Source6 Reciprocal7 Coreferentiality of Subject and Object8 Conclusion8 Tense and Aspect1 Introduction2 Future Tense3 Aspect4 Conclusion9 Mood and Modality1 Introduction2 Subjunctive Mood3 Epistemic Mood4 Conclusion10 Locative Expressions and Locative Predications1 Introduction2 Locative Predication in Pévé3 Semantic Functions of Inherently Locative Predicates4 Locative Serial Verb Constructions5 Spatial Prepositions and Specifiers6 Conclusion11 Verbless and Copular Predications1 Introduction2 Identificational Predication3 Equational Predication4 Attributive Predication5 Possessive Predication6 Conclusion12 System of Reference1 Introduction2 First Mention: Bare Noun Phrase3 Deducible Reference Markers: nə, rə and kunə4 Reference to an Unspecified Entity5 Anaphoric Reference6 Deictic Reference7 Conclusion13 Interrogatives1 Introduction2 Polar Questions3 Content Questions4 Conclusion14 Negation1 Introduction2 Indicative Clauses3 Scope of Negation4 Conclusion15 Topicalization and Focus1 Introduction2 Topicalization3 Focus4 Conclusion16 Conjoined Clauses1 Introduction2 Conjunction ɓay3 Counterexpectation4 Conclusion17 Relative Clauses1 Introduction2 Subject Head3 Object Head4 Adjunct Head5 Deictic Relative Clauses6 Conclusion18 Conditional and Temporal Constructions1 Introduction2 Conditional Constructions3 Temporal Constructions4 Conclusion19 Complementation1 Introduction2 Verbs of Saying3 Verbs of Perception4 Verbs of Cognition5 Volitional Verb wàʔ6 Ability Verb gàk ‘Can, Be Able’7 Counterfactual Matrix Clause8 Complements of Other Verbs9 Conclusion20 Comparative Constructions1 Introduction2 Equal Comparison3 Unequal Comparison4 Conclusion21 Adjunct Phrases and Clauses1 Introduction2 Temporal Adjuncts3 Associative and Instrumental Adjuncts4 Manner Adjuncts5 Intensity, Repetition, and Recurrence6 Purpose Clauses7 Reason Clauses8 Positive Adjunct9 Conclusion22 Sample Texts1 Monitor Lizard and Guinea Fowl2 Bus Trip: Lazare WambadangAppendix 1: A Compilation of TablesAppendix 2: A Summary of Morphological Forms and FunctionsPévé-English LexiconEnglish-Pévé LexiconReferencesIndex