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STAMP morphs, prefix conjugations and multiverb predicates in the Chadic languages

Afrika und Übersee
STAMP morphs, prefix conjugations and the multiverb predicate subtype called auxiliary verb constructions (AVCs) that these derive from in the Chadic languages are discussed. Chadic languages are typically SVO (or VSO) and typically AUX V syntactically.
Gregory D. S. Anderson
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The negative existential cycle in Chadic

, 2022
Chadic languages, like languages of West and Central Africa more generally, are known to make use of typologically rare negation strategies. Not only do many Chadic languages exhibit bi-partite negation, there is also a tendency for the second of these two verbal negators to occur after the verb, in contrast to a cross-linguistic preference for pre ...
Marielle Butters, Butters, Marielle
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Palatalization and labialization in the Chadic languages of Chad

Afrika und Übersee
This paper examines verb data from five Chadic languages of Chad, in order to show the extent to which the prosodies of labialization (LAB) and palatalization (PAL) are relevant to the synchronic analysis of their phonologies.
James Roberts
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Dymitr Ibriszimow (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics II, „Chadic Linguistics/ Linguistique Tchadique/Tschadistik” (edited by D. Ibriszimow, H. Tourneux, H.E. Wollf), Vol. 3 (review)

Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2007
Dymitr Ibriszimow (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics II, „Chadic Linguistics/ Linguistique Tchadique/Tschadistik” (edited by D. Ibriszimow, H. Tourneux, H.E. Wollf), Vol. 3, Köln, Rüdiger Koppe Verlag, 2006,154 pp.
Stanisław Piłaszewicz
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Focus strategies in chadic

, 2004
We argue that the standard focus theories reach their limits when confronted with the focus systems of the Chadic languages. The backbone of the standard focus theories consists of two assumptions, both called into question by the languages under consideration. Firstly, it is standardly assumed that focus is generally marked by stress.
Hartmann, Katharina, Zimmermann, Malte
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Nigerian English and the Phonotactic Influence of the West Chadic Languages

Universal Journal of Educational Research
Phonotactics is a fundamental aspect of phonology that governs the permissible combinations of sounds in a given language. It consists of rules that dictate how phonemes; the smallest units of sound can be arranged to form syllables and words.
Blessing Saina’an Lagan, Mary Daniel Nimram   +1 more
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The classification of the Masa group of languages

Studies in African Linguistics, 1997
The Chadic family of languages comprises approximately 140 languages classified into three major branches: West Chadic, Biu-Mandara, and East Chadic.
Aaron Shryock
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Comprehensive Bibliography of Chadic and Hausa Linguistics, Fifth Edition

, 2022
The Comprehensive Bibliography of Chadic and Hausa Linguistics, 5th edition, includes approximately 3,500 linguistic works written on Chadic languages, of which about 2,000 are on Hausa, by far the largest and most widely spoken member of the family. The
Newman, Paul
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Conditional constructions in Makary Kotoko

Studies in African Linguistics, 2017
Kotoko is a Chadic language spoken in Cameroon, in the region just south of Lake Chad. Based on an analysis of a corpus of texts with helpful input from a mother tongue speaker of the language, this paper presents the forms and functions of conditional ...
Sean Allison
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Nominal and verbal plurality in the Mandara and Ɓata subgroups of Central Chadic

Afrika und Übersee, 2021
This paper contrasts the strategies for marking nominal and verbal plurality in the Mandara and Ɓata subgroups of Central Chadic, and offers some thoughts on their possible origin and development.
Matthew Harley
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