A Grammar of Buem: The Lelemi Language.

Allan, Edward Jay

Abstract

This grammar of the Lalami dialect of Buam is the first attempt to describe the morphology and syntax of any of the 14 Togo-Remnant languages in detail; in it, I have tried to describe the major structures and many of the minor structures of the languageswhich occur in informal or semi-formal speech. The phonetics and most of the phonology are described in taxonomic terms; the vowel harmony system and the syntax and morphology, however, are described in a slightly modified "Aspects" model of transformational-generative grammar. Of special interest to the non-specialist are my discussions of vowel harmony, of the noun class system, and of the verbal aspect system and serial verb constructions.

Citation

Allan, E. J. A Grammar of Buem: The Lelemi Language. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

• Thesis Type: Thesis
• Deposit Date: Oct 12, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 12, 2020
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00033569
• Award Date: Jan 1, 1973