A Grammar of Diola-Fogny: A Language Spoken in the Basse-Casamance Region of SenegalFirst published in 1965, and reprinted in 1969, this monograph by J. David Sapir is concerned with the language of the Diola (Dyola, Jola) people living near the Casamance River in the region of Senegal historically known as the Basse-Casamance. The study looks specifically at the important dialect Fogny, which can be thought of as variants of 'standard' Diola. At the time of the monograph's publication, the Fogny dialect was used by approximately 85,000 native speakers in the area around Bignona, Senegal, and was understood by practically all Diola people. This grammar presents a descriptive study of the dialect covering phonology, morphology and syntax. |
Contents
General Remarks on Phonology | 4 |
Substantives Part I | 7 |
Morphophonemics | 11 |
Grammatical Sketch | 22 |
Secondary Neutral Theme Formation | 49 |
Derivation Continued | 58 |
II | 61 |
Substantives Part II | 80 |
49 | 88 |
Finite Verbs | 90 |
NonConcord Modifier | 100 |
Recorded Letter | 116 |
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A Grammar of Diola-Fogny: A Language Spoken in the Basse-Casamance Region of ... J. David Sapir No preview available - 1965 |
A Grammar of Diola-Fogny: A Language Spoken in the Basse-Casamance Region of ... J. David Sapir No preview available - 1968 |
A Grammar of Diola-Fogny: A Language Spoken in the Basse-Casamance Region of ... J. David Sapir No preview available - 1965 |
Common terms and phrases
1st person 2nd person adjectives adverb affixes allomorphs alternation aorist assimilation ba:ba barɛ Bignona complement concept juxtaposition concord forms consonant constructions contingent contrast dakar defective verb definite article derivative suffix Diola disjunctive possessive disjunctive pronoun emphatic example faŋ finite verb Fogny free variation function futɔk future genitive gives gloss goat habitual independent concord indicates infinitive inflectional injɛ interrogative kajɔm kugaba man-the marked mass noun mati mood markers morpheme morphophonemic muyu nasal negative neutral theme nɛn nominal noun class marker noun emphasis noun marker noun phrase object optionally past absolute past hypothetical past subordinate person plural person singular place locatives position prefix reduplication reference regent noun relative clauses remote past secondary theme seminominal sigaba simple subordinate Sindian speaker subject/object syntactic ta:tɛ tense ulɔ verb emphasis verb string verb theme verbal derivative vowel vowel harmony