A country called Somalia
Subtitle: culture, language and society of a vanishing state
By: edited by Mara Frascarelli
Series: Studi somali -- 14; Studi somali -- 14.
Publisher: L'Harmattan Italia; L'Harmattan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Torino; Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9788878921788; 9782296546493
Other titles: Harmatheque.
Description: This book comprises papers dealing with a number of subjects that can provide a comprehensive picture of a life-time project and concern. In particular, Section I is concerned with "Linguistic investigations and comparative issues": the link between naming system and social organization, the semantic values of the imperfective aspect, the morphosyntactic properties of relative clauses and determiners, phonological analysis and related theoretical considerations. The authors of Section II ("Essays on society and culture"), on the other hand, concentrate on diverse subjects, such as children's games, law and tradition, the social role of Somali women with respect to feminist values and immigration problems, teaching and transcultural drawbacks.
Notes: Collected essays.

Includes bibliographical references.