The Nubi Language of Uganda: An Arabic Creole in AfricaThis volume provides a detailed description of the Nubi language of Uganda, including more than one thousand examples and several texts. It also digs into history to reconstruct the development and growth of this most fascinating Arabic creole. |
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Inhalt
1 Historical and Linguistic Background | 1 |
2 Phonology | 44 |
3 The Noun Phrase | 69 |
4 The Verb Phrase | 138 |
5 Other Word Classes | 218 |
6 Clause Structure | 247 |
7 Nubi from a Diachronic and Comparative Perspective | 284 |
texts | 381 |
431 | |
441 | |
STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS | 445 |
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The Nubi Language of Uganda: An Arabic Creole in Africa Inneke Hilda Werner Wellens Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2005 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
1SING 2SING a’nas action adjectives Arabic Arabic dialects become child clause come-Ø common Consider consonant construction creole definite article demonstrative derived Egyptian EMPH endi event EXIS expressed father final fogo function future gerund girl go-Ø head imperative instance ka’las kelem language look mainly marked marker marya means mother Muraz na’de noun NPROP Nubi nyere’ku object occur origin Owens p/cs person phrase pidgin plural position possessive precedes preposition problem PROG PRON 1PL PRON 3SING PRON POSS 3SING pronoun PROX refers respectively sentence similar slaves speakers stay stress SUBJ subjunctive Sudan Sudanese syllable Table thing Tosco transitive Turku Ugandan umon verb verbal vowel want-Ø wife woman youm