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Wandala is a previously undocumented Central Chadic language spoken in Northern Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria. The Grammar of Wandala presents a non-aprioristic analysis of its phonology, morphology, syntax, and grammatical functions. Its structure significantly diverges from other Chadic languages, both in formal aspects and grammaticalized functions. This grammar substantiates hypotheses about forms and functions and is written to be accessible to linguists from various theoretical backgrounds. The phonology features a complex consonantal system, a three-vowel system, and a two-tone system. It includes numerous vowel insertion rules and a vowel harmony system, with vowel deletion marking phrase-internal positions and vowel insertion indicating phrase-final positions. These rules facilitate clause parsing into constituents. Wandala exhibits three types of verb reduplication, two of which express aspectual and modal distinctions. Notably, the negative verb paradigms differ from affirmative ones in subject coding. Pronominal affixes and an extensive system of verbal extensions illustrate grammatical and semantic relations within clauses. Uniquely, in a pragmatically neutral verbal clause, there is only one nominal argument, either the subject or the object, which can follow various constituents. The grammatical role of this argument is indicated by inflectional markers on the verb and the preceding morphemes, with diffe
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A Grammar of Wandala, Zygmunt Frajzyngier
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2012
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